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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/22/w...e-in-crimea-grows-chaotic.html?hpw&rref=world
Meanwhile, life in Crimea is complex and frustrating. The waiting list for Russian passports is twenty times as large as the number of people seen each day. Most banks are closed and some foreign companies, such as McDonald's, have pulled out. Some foods are running short. Russians pouring into the country to buy estates find the land offices mostly closed. Courts are closed until the law is shaken out.
Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to make Crimea a gambling and casino mecca, but at the moment it is an uncomfortable place to be.
Certain groups are particularly worried. Crimean gays are in trouble, given Russia's near-genocidal laws against homosexuality. Drug addicts in treatment programs are left high and dry, since methadone is banned in Russia. Even Ukrainian priests are targets. Apparently the Russian Orthodox church loathes the Ukrainian Orthodox church (which is odd, since the Russian religion started in Kiev as I understand it), and Ukrainian clergy fear for their families, their icons, and their very church buildings.
Meanwhile, life in Crimea is complex and frustrating. The waiting list for Russian passports is twenty times as large as the number of people seen each day. Most banks are closed and some foreign companies, such as McDonald's, have pulled out. Some foods are running short. Russians pouring into the country to buy estates find the land offices mostly closed. Courts are closed until the law is shaken out.
Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to make Crimea a gambling and casino mecca, but at the moment it is an uncomfortable place to be.
Certain groups are particularly worried. Crimean gays are in trouble, given Russia's near-genocidal laws against homosexuality. Drug addicts in treatment programs are left high and dry, since methadone is banned in Russia. Even Ukrainian priests are targets. Apparently the Russian Orthodox church loathes the Ukrainian Orthodox church (which is odd, since the Russian religion started in Kiev as I understand it), and Ukrainian clergy fear for their families, their icons, and their very church buildings.