Russia has never valued regular citizens so their lives "cost absolutely nothing" to them, and it will also be the case with the occupied Crimea.
Against the background of freshwater shortage in Crimea, Russia will mainly try provide it to the military and government infrastructure, back-shelving households.
That's according to Ihor Yaremenko, Deputy Minister for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine, who spoke with Obozrevatel.
"Ninety percent of water that had been flowing to Crimea before the war started was used for industrial and agricultural purposes. At the same time, this allowed maintaining adequate volumes of drinking water and groundwater in stock, to make sure it doesn't go saline. Now this water is non-available for agriculture. That is, it's used on both fronts," he explained.
According to Yaremenko, this was including due to a buildup of Russia's military presence in the occupied Crimea, restoration of military bases, as well as the deployment of new army groupings and weapons, which requires additional water resources.
"I think Russia will redirect all water resources as much as possible to provide it to privileged categories – the military, leadership of the occupation authorities, etc. Prime Minister Medvedev once told ordinary people, '[There's no money but] you hold on there'," Yaremenko added.
Russia has never valued regular citizens so their lives "cost absolutely nothing" to them, and it will also be the case with the occupied Crimea.
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