Kudrin marked price Crimea to Russia – N4K

Former Russian Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin are often skeptical about the decisions of the authorities of the country. So joining the Crimea he had put quite heavily criticized by counting the Russian budget losses from this event. According to Kudrin, in the next 3-4 years, the country will lose 150-200 billion. However, the Kremlin does not want to compare with the incorporation of the Crimea economic losses.

touch on Crimea former head of the Ministry of Finance decided during the “round table” in TASS, which discussed the 15th anniversary of the election of Vladimir Putin as president of Russia. “Within 3-4 years, it can range from $ 150 to $ 200 billion. This is a total, direct and indirect losses. This is a very rough estimate, but it is still, in my opinion, about the will”, – Kudrin said.

indirect losses from the reunification of the Crimea with Russia, as explained in the last chapter of the Ministry of Finance, the sanctions are the Western countries and the European Union. As for the direct losses, they are directly related to financial constraints due to sanctions, as well as “direct costs incurred by the Russian Federation”.

However, in the Kremlin with this approach is not inconsistent with, and press Secretary Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Peskov, said that the cost of calling a historically significant event as the Crimea to Russia, it is not acceptable.

“ No question of annexation of the peninsula and can not be. Russia annexed the Crimea not. Hence the conclusion that no indirect or direct costs not incurred country. Republic back into the Russian Federation and, of course, has caused some unplanned expenses, cause an increase in the growth of the population and territory of our country “, – Peskov sure.

In this regard, it should be recalled that the vast majority Russians, according to recent polls, expressed approval over the Crimea to Russia.