Quote Originally Posted by SergeMak View Post
It's you who began to compare them.
I didn't. I suggested to recall what they do produce. But you quoted wikipedia (very credible source) about oil income of state budget instead.


I know what the prices were last summer there, because I was in Crimea last summer and I know what the prices really were. Some of them were really lower, especially strong alcohol beverages, some of them slightly lower - such as sausages and meat, some of them were about as high as in Russia, such as bread, some of them were in fact higher - that is dairy products. If they have risen twice by now, they should be far higher than those in continental Russia now.

If you don't believe me, here is an old link to an article dated by 2009. Цены в Крыму растут к лету
As you can see, the prices in Crimea were not very lower than in Russia even then especially in summer:
I still cant see where does it say that they are twice higher.

I usually don't believe any "aricles" and reports.
What about prices in Crimea I think the best source would be photos of store and gas station prices fron ppl who are there now.
I hope soon i'll get some.


PS. Oh, I'm sorry, I don't know what "basles" means.
must be "baseless" - a typo. (i'm working here, sorry)