Reuters, 11/05 16:54 CET
By Vladimir Soldatkin
SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) –
Russian President Vladimir Putin oversaw the launch of a fourth and
final line supplying electricity from Russia to Crimea on Wednesday,
saying the project had broken an energy blockage he accused Kiev of
imposing on the peninsula.
Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in March 2014. Moscow
has since faced international condemnation and the logistical challenges
of sustaining a region that depended on Ukraine for much of its
supplies and has no land border with Russia.
In November last year, Crimea was plunged into darkness
when unidentified individuals blew up the power lines through which the
peninsula received the bulk of its power from the Ukrainian grid. Kiev
denied responsibility for the sabotage.
“I congratulate all of you on the completion of building
this energy bridge which has tied Crimea to Russia,” Putin said in a
video link from his Black Sea residence in Sochi, Russia, addressing
workers and engineers on the power line.
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Source: Euronews
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