In response, he closed the zoo and went to court. In a bizarre legal battle, the state charged him with neglecting the animals. The little tigers, Referendum and Russian Spring, died in his hands. "But my principle is: I don't pay any bribes," says Subkov.
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Subkov sits in his office between wild cats made of marble and crocodiles carved out of mahogany, and talks about his disappointment with his new masters: "They repeatedly bullied me with new regulations, denied me my personal rights, and refused to give me an additional generator for heating at night." Apparently they expected financial gifts from him. A beloved that they and their countrymen are, of course, entitled to. The country's greatest writers, from Pushkin to Chekov and Brodsky, all praised Crimea as if it was their beloved. Ever since the end of the 18th century, when Catherine the Great incorporated it into her empire, it has been seen as the Arcadia of an entire nation. In a region viewed by Russians with dreamy nostalgia, Yalta is the epitome of weepy romanticism. It is imbued with the spirit of bygone eras: sometimes gaudily chic, sometimes crassly proletarian, always a touch sentimental. With its seaside promenade and hotels in renovated art nouveau villas, it is immediately clear why Baden-Baden and Nice are Yalta's sister cities. There is a Mediterranean smell in the air, lemon trees and rosemary, the lightness of being, with hills reminiscent of the Black Forest, palm trees like on the Cote D'Azur and a deep blue sea. What is the truth? Why is Crimea, a relatively small region with a population of 2 million, so important to such a large number of Russians? So important that, despite the downsides of the annexation, they praise their president for his military Blitzkrieg and give Putin high popularity ratings? And what do the people in Crimea think? SPIEGEL Media Menü SPIEGEL Media aufklappen.Alle Magazine Menü Alle Magazine aufklappen.SPIEGEL-Heft Menü SPIEGEL-Heft aufklappen.Gutscheine Anzeige Menü Gutscheine aufklappen.Marktplatz Anzeige Menü Marktplatz aufklappen.Partner-Inhalte Anzeige Menü Partner-Inhalte aufklappen.Wissenschaft Menü Wissenschaft aufklappen.
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