Summer season 2018 in occupied Crimea shows just moslty military radars and empty beaches.
The very middle of a summer on calendar, the height of the holiday season, and occupied Crimea is still waiting for an unprecedented influx of tourists, promised by Russian creators of the Putin bridge in Kerch.
So far, this structure is used only as scenery for clips of Russian pop performers.

Image credits: sprotyv.info

The realities of the occupation show a completely different, sad picture.
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