Alexander Podrabinek. Photo: gzt.ru Crimea, to put it mildly, passed, and if they betrayed without abysses. With his annexation of Russia, everyone has reconciled and now they are only trying to keep his face. Putin perfectly understands this and therefore continues to increase the Russian military presence in the Crimea. He is not afraid of the western eloquence and even rigid rhetoric, mindful that the dog that has been sprinkled, but the one that bites. But these are not visible today.