Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to unveil on Tuesday a highly symbolic bridge linking southern Russia to the Crimea, four years after the peninsula was annexed from Ukraine.
The Crimean Bridge, at 19 kilometres will be Europe’s longest, overtaking Lisbon’s Vasco da Gama Bridge.
Built at a cost of 228bn roubles ($3.7bn), the new structure connects the southern Krasnodar region with the Crimean city of Kerch, spanning a strait between the Black and Azov seas.
Ukraine has condemned the project, which was personally championed by Putin, saying construction has damaged the environment and that larger ships will be unable to get through …read more
Source: Gulf times
