Deputy Minister of Defense of Russia Tatyana Shevtsova told how the Crimean sailors were almost left without financial support. According to her, in 2014, their money was in the Ukrainian credit institutions.

At some point, accounts almost blocked. However, this was avoided. The ministry and Russian banks monitored the situation and soon found a way to save budget money.. Moreover, the staff of the Black Sea Fleet received early payments in March. “And in a couple of weeks, all the money of the Russian budget in cash was collected at the military box office and subsequently transferred to the treasury under heavy guard,” the Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper quoted Shevtsov.

Tatyana added that the Black Sea Fleet began to provide with the help of field institutions of the Bank of Russia, ceasing to conduct operations through foreign organizations, and the remnants of budget funding were converted from hryvnia into rubles very quickly. "This allowed the timely and uninterrupted organization of financial support for military units deployed in the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol," Shevtsova said in an interview on the 100th anniversary of the Financial and Economic Service of the Armed Forces of Russia.

Crimea became part of Russia in March 2014 after a referendum was held on the peninsula.