Eight months after annexation, the former Ukrainian peninsula is undergoing a massive social and bureaucratic overhaulThe hotels in Simferopol are packed. It is late autumn and the administrative capital of Crimea has been overrun, not by holidaymakers the season and political climate are hardly suitable but by Russian officials. Even in summer were not this busy, says the manager of a small guesthouse. The functionaries are here to bring all the key administrative sectors health, education, security, taxation, banking in line with Moscow standards. A census has started. Eight months after the peninsula was annexed, Russification …read more
Source: The Guardian
