Many non-Russian republics like Chechnya and Ingushetia get more than 70 percent of their budgets from Moscow, Natalya Zubarevich says; but the largest monetary flows are going not to them but to Crimea and Sevastopol, “more than 100 billion rubles ($1.6 billion U.S.)” last year alone.
‘Money flows like a river from Russian regions to occupied Crimea,’ says regional specialist
By Ukrainian Weekly Editor3 Mins Read