Well....on the industry side.....roughly half of the steel production capability of the Ukraine came out of this one Oblast (district). We are talking about finished steel and cast iron.
On the agriculture side, this region was a major grain producer, along with sugar beets, sunflower seeds, potatoes, milk and eggs.
If you were to ask me over value.....I'd say if they could continue commerce (as is), it was a big deal. Now instead of selling to the EU region? Well....they'd only have the Russia market.
Money-making potential? I just don't see the big gain. Maybe they think there is added business to come, but I'd question this.
Last time I checked.....the Indian, and China steel market was clobbering EU and Russia steel market.
How many of the locals in the district were ethnic Russian (instead of ethnic Ukrainians)? Roughly 75-percent.
Lot of Muslims in the district? Well....not that it really matters, but around one-fifth of all Ukrainian Muslims lived out of this one district.
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I guess that's the problem when you run a kleptocracy, eventually you steal so much, that you have to steal resources to try and make up for the shortfall.
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