Head of the State Committee of the Crimean "government" for interethnic relations Zaur Smirnov said that, according to his sources, the Ukrainian authorities gave the order to create artificial obstacles on the border with the Crimea in order to prevent the trips of Ukrainian tourists to Crimean resorts. This was reported by RIA Novosti.
"Kiev made an attempt to organize a new blockade of the peninsula, this time a tourist. Our sources from among the employees of the State Border Service of Ukraine report that they have received from the Kiev leadership the team to create artificial obstacles, "Smirnov said..
According to Zaur Smirnov, the Ukrainian authorities do not want Ukrainian tourists to see the "achievements" of the Russian administration of the Crimea.