First ferry went to Turkey from the occupied Sevastopol

The Russian ferry «Varyag» went to from a port in Sevastopol to the Turkish port in Zonguldak. Russian ferry. The ferry service between the annexed territory by Russia and Turkey had been missing since last November.

The so-called State Duma deputy in Sevastopol, Dmitry Belik commented to a newsblog «RIA Novosti».

«Today’s exit of «Varyag» ferry from Sevastopol to Zonguldak port might be called as warm, for it is the first exit after the normalization of relations between the Russian Federation and Turkey», he said.

Belik confirms that the ferry service renewal is being waiting for both sides.

«The ferry exit’s not just a commercial transport, but also it is a significant event for both sides. This loading in Sevastopol port is an opportunity for our entrepreneurs and ordinary people to run business in Turkey, and vice versa for the Turkish colleagues. I am sure that they will meet this ferry perhaps not with flowers, but with joy in their eyes», he added.

According to the newsblog «15 minutes», the head of the Crimean Department of fund «Maidan of Foreign Affairs», Andrey Klimenko claims that after the cessation of land supply the occupied Crimea from the continental Ukraine, a maritime traffic was the only way to supply Crimea «almost all goods» thus the maritime sphere is the most sensitive for the occupier. «The number of the foreign ships visiting the Crimean ports excluding the Russian Federation has reduced drastically during the monitoring period. There are reduced from 80 vessels in 2014 to 37 in 2016», Klimenko said.