For two years now, Crimea has again become part of the Russian Federation. At first, everything was good and quite encouraging - the peninsula switched to rubles over the next month, residents received new passports, began to import goods from mainland Russia. Little by little, the new government began to make the peninsula independent of the previous country of which it was a member. Indeed, in reality, the vast majority of the resources Crimea “took” from Ukraine. And everything went under its own power until November 20 came.
What happened
And it happened that Crimea plunged into darkness. On the night of November 20, in the Kherson region, the supports of two power lines were blown up, which were important not only for Kherson, but for the entire peninsula. After all, it was through them that electricity was supplied to the territory of Crimea! How did it happen? Who's guilty? What are the implications? And how long will the blackout in the Crimea drag on? These and many other questions attacked the puzzled inhabitants of the peninsula.
The bombing was carried out by several people, ardent "patriots" of Ukraine, who even a year and a half after the return of Crimea to the Russian Federation could not accept this. And the sabotage itself was organized by Enver Kutia, who is a shooter from the Donbass battalion. Naturally, a criminal case was opened on the fact of the incident under the article “Sabotage”.
Effects
In the literal sense of the word, there was a complete blackout in the Crimea. The peninsula has been de-energized. And many people panicked. In particular, residents of Shchelkino and other small villages, where everything, in fact, "rested" on electricity. Few people had gas in such places. And they had the worst of all. The blackout in Crimea affected such villages in such a way that it even went to extremes: on the streets organized small items with sandwiches, hot drinks and thermoses with boiling water, which were distributed free of charge to residents of towns without food and heat.
Of course, electricity was supplied from time to time. Immediately, the authorities of the Republic began to develop a schedule for turning off the lights in the Crimea. It was necessary to somehow systematize this moment in order to distribute the energy, which was at least in reserve. And, of course, generators began to actively sell. That's just due to increased demand prices have increased. Many residents of nearby regions quickly realized what was happening, and, having bought generators at home, they brought them here to sell at double or even triple prices. But free generators were delivered to Crimea - for enterprises. The first thing they did was provide hospitals, clinics, and other strategic institutions.
Shutdown routine
And now about the schedule of blackouts in the Crimea, which, in fact, was not. While authorities in a hurry organized work near Kerch to lay an energy bridge under water from Kerch to mainland Russia, electricity had to be supplied and disconnected at strictly specified intervals. And it is right.
A schedule for turning off the light in Crimea was necessary. In the early days, some areas sat in the darkness for 10, 13, or even 15 hours, while certain cities did not turn off at all. They organized the so-called "blackouts" of light in the Crimea. In fact, it should have looked like this: for 2 hours one district is de-energized, for 2 - another, another 2 - a third, etc. And so in all cities.
Yes, a schedule for turning off the lights in Crimea was made up. But no one complied with it. Undoubtedly, it was approximately possible to guess at what moment energy would be supplied. However, in fact, Crimeans were deprived of electricity not for 2, but for 3-4 hours. In general, the schedule for turning off the lights in the Crimea required explicit modifications.
