RF blind movement across the Kerch Strait

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Russia has blocked the Kerch Strait to Crimea for all vessels except ships of the naval fleet and ships of Federal security bodies of Russia.

This is stated in the disposal of the Administration of sea ports of the Black sea of the Russian Federation.

“For the purpose of ensuring navigation safety when conducting marine operations in the construction of transport crossing through the Kerch Strait … to prohibit from 06:00 to 18:00 (local time) on August 9, 2017 sailing all ships through the Kerch Strait,” – the document says.

This does not apply to ships of the black sea fleet, vessels of the Federal security service, and ships that lead the construction of transport crossing through the Kerch Strait from Russia to occupied Crimea.

As reported, Ukraine is preparing a lawsuit against Russia in connection with the loss of the ports of the Kerch bridge.

Kerch bridge length of 19 km will become the longest in Russia. Opening of traffic should take place by December 2018, and the movement of trains by 2019-mu. The total project cost is around 228 billion rubles (nearly 4 billion dollars).

In December 2016, the senior researcher of the Institute of water problems, Russian Academy of Sciences Yuri Medovar said that the construction of a bridge across the Kerch Strait is being without the project, and the bridge will collapse, even if it will be possible to build.

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