Flags, concerts, siloviki: why there are more holidays in Crimea?
For the Russian leadership, the annexation of the Crimea has become a real holiday. This allowed to raise the ratings to unprecedented heights and to distract the attention of Russians from the big problems in the economy. But not for long. And the annexation of Crimea in Russia at the state level is not celebrated. In contrast to the peninsula, where days off and memorable days became significantly more after 2014