Russia Revived Crimean Shipyards, Defense Companies in 2.5 Years - Deputy PM
18:28 21.10.2016
Moscow has brought shipyards and defense companies in Crimea back to life during the last two years and a half, as contrasted to Kiev's activities in regard to them, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said Friday.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – On Friday, Rogozin participated in a meeting in the Crimean city of Simferopol dedicated to the implementation of the state procurement contracts by Crimea's defense companies.
"The main conclusion of the meeting in Simferopol: Crimea's defense companies are working consistently, have significant contracts, showing a growth of production practices. The current problems are solved. Russian defense industry succeeded to revive Crimea's shipbuilding plants and defense companies during the two years and a half of work in Crimea," Rogozin said on his Facebook account.
He added that Kiev had only ruined the enterprises, when Crimea was part of the Ukraine.
The Crimean peninsula seceded from Ukraine and reunified with Russia after more than 96 percent of local voters supported the move in a referendum in March 2014. Kiev, as well as the European Union, the United States and their allies, did not recognize the move and consider the peninsula to be an occupied territory.
© Sputnik
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