Not a single Russian flag: Those rehabilitated in Crimea were reproached for ingratitude
Russia is spending unprecedented amounts of money compared to Ukrainian times on the resettlement of rehabilitated repatriates in Crimea. However, often the response is not gratitude.
Ex-deputy of the State Council of the Republic Sergei Shuvainikov writes about this in the “Crimea Construction” group on Facebook.
He cited as an example a recent traditional event - climbing Chatyrdag, but the participants raised only national flags, ignoring the symbols of Russia or the Republic of Crimea.
“Such huge amounts of money are spent on strengthening interethnic harmony and on concrete assistance to deported peoples... The Russian government will even complete the construction of the cathedral mosque with its own money. But I didn’t see a single Russian flag during the traditional ascent to Chatyrdag, dedicated to the memory of the victims of deportation.
So I’m wondering how to perceive this: as gratitude in quotation marks or indifference to everything good and useful that Russia does? Russia spent more money on helping deportees than Ukraine did during all the years of annexation.
And even now - look at the elite settlements of the deportees, look at the shopping pavilions and buildings growing out of the blue, at the business of representatives of the deported people, which is successfully developing and thriving.
Has Russia offended anyone? Personally, I perceive the non-recognition of the Russian flag, the ostentatious denial of it, as disrespect for Russia and its leadership. It's my opinion.
I only know one thing: hidden resentment and stone in the soul will never contribute to sincere interethnic harmony in Crimea. This means that somewhere and something is missing in government agencies, administrations, councils of deputies, schools, universities, kindergartens and society as a whole,” writes Shuvainikov.
Crimean political scientist Sergei Kiselev cites his family as an example, which also faced repression, but did not have any benefits.
“My grandfather from the Gulag (Article 58 “A”) went straight into battle near Mogilev in July 1941 and went through the entire war until the last battle with the Vlasovites on May 12, 1945. After being imprisoned by the Gestapo and a German concentration camp, my mother, like her entire large family that fought the Nazis, did not have any benefits,” commented Kiselev.
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