What for Europe Gives Money to Crimea?

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What for Europe Gives Money to Crimea?

Europe begins a number of investment projects in Crimea as is afraid that the peninsula can become following «flashpoint» after Georgia. About it the Ukrainian newspaper «Economic news» writes today.

«After the Russian-Georgian war the peninsula Crimea is perceived in the European Union as the following potential zone of the conflict. Therefore incorporated Europe tries to take part in a region life as much as possible. At the summit Ukraine-EU on December, 4th the European Union will present the pilot project on support АRC», — is told in the publication.

By data the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, the European Union project will provide actions for adjustment of normal water supply, ecology restoration, development of Sevastopol as tourist centre, on maintenance of requirements of national minorities, in particular, the Crimean Tatars.

«It is already obvious that the Russian side loses competition for influence in Crimea. Struggle is conducted first of all for public opinion. As the basic competitors Russia and the USA earlier acted, the European Union which stakes not on a policy, and on investment programs» is now connected, — Pushkin scholar and the Ukrainian official Vladimir Kazarin, the vice-governor of Sevastopol already has had time to declare.

However, even the Ukrainian political scientists doubt that the European Union will conduct long-term campaign in Crimea.

«Hardly Europe will have today free resources for investment in our country», — political scientist Vitaly Bala speaks.

«It is not excluded, as the Crimean project of EU after loud campaign will be buried in a heap of papers», — his colleague Kost Bondarenko marks.

MF-inform

 

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