From the MT:
"Crimea Wants Tunnel to Russia, Not Kerch Bridge"
A planned bridge from mainland Russia to the newly annexed Crimean Peninsula would be dangerous and should be replaced with plans to construct a tunnel, the region's envoy to the Kremlin said Wednesday. "It's dangerous because at least one month a year, for some time, the bridge would not be functioning because of stormy winds and sleet in the wintertime," Georgy Muradov said.
Crimea, annexed from Ukraine in March, has no land connection to Russia. But the government has begun a project to build a six-kilometer railroad and car bridge across the Kerch Strait.
Muradov said unspecified Canadian and Chinese companies have instead pitched the proposal to build a tunnel under the Kerch Strait. He estimated the costs of a tunnel at 60 billion to 80 billion rubles ($1.4 billion to $1.8 billion), much less than the bridge, estimated at up to 228 billion rubles ($5.2 billion).
Russia's Transportation Minister Maxim Sokolov said in September that the bridge's construction was already under way and set to finish in 2018. But Muradov said construction is still in the early stages and can be stopped in favor of a tunnel. He said Crimean officials are currently in talks with the Transportation Ministry about the issue.
^ We can't always get what we want. The Ukraine wants Russian troops to leave the annexed Crimea and stop supporting the ethnic-Russian terrorists in eastern Ukraine. The rest of the world wants Russia to stop bullying other countries and causing trouble. Whether a bridge or tunnel is built means nothing in the greater scheme of things. The Crimea should worry more about a collapsing ruble and standard of living that will continue to get worse if Russia doesn't stop its threats. ^
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/crimea-wants-tunnel-to-russia-not-kerch-bridge/510348.html
"Crimea Wants Tunnel to Russia, Not Kerch Bridge"
A planned bridge from mainland Russia to the newly annexed Crimean Peninsula would be dangerous and should be replaced with plans to construct a tunnel, the region's envoy to the Kremlin said Wednesday. "It's dangerous because at least one month a year, for some time, the bridge would not be functioning because of stormy winds and sleet in the wintertime," Georgy Muradov said.
Crimea, annexed from Ukraine in March, has no land connection to Russia. But the government has begun a project to build a six-kilometer railroad and car bridge across the Kerch Strait.
Muradov said unspecified Canadian and Chinese companies have instead pitched the proposal to build a tunnel under the Kerch Strait. He estimated the costs of a tunnel at 60 billion to 80 billion rubles ($1.4 billion to $1.8 billion), much less than the bridge, estimated at up to 228 billion rubles ($5.2 billion).
^ We can't always get what we want. The Ukraine wants Russian troops to leave the annexed Crimea and stop supporting the ethnic-Russian terrorists in eastern Ukraine. The rest of the world wants Russia to stop bullying other countries and causing trouble. Whether a bridge or tunnel is built means nothing in the greater scheme of things. The Crimea should worry more about a collapsing ruble and standard of living that will continue to get worse if Russia doesn't stop its threats. ^
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/crimea-wants-tunnel-to-russia-not-kerch-bridge/510348.html
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