Crimea euphoria fades for some Russians

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Crimea euphoria fades for some Russians

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/crimea-euphoria-fades-russians-110545130--business.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/AVDvSHWit_KMES1R9r8gdw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-07-06T111503Z_1007000002_LYNXMPEA6505P_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-UKRAINE-CRISIS-RUSSIA-ECONOMY.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Women inspect T-shirts, displaying images of Russia's President Vladimir Putin, which are on sale at GUM department store in central Moscow" align="left" title="Women inspect T-shirts, displaying images of Russia's President Vladimir Putin, which are on sale at GUM department store in central Moscow" border="0" /></a>By Olesya Astakhova and Elizabeth Piper MOSCOW (Reuters) - When she was asked to give up a day's pay to help Crimea, Russian hospital therapist Tatyana could not hide her anger - why should she subsidize others when struggling to make ends meet herself? Living in southern Russia close to the border with Ukraine, Tatyana was caught up in the euphoria that gripped the nation when Russia annexed Crimea in March and still welcomes &quot;our&quot; people back in the fold. Patriotism spurred by President Vladimir Putin's annexation of Ukraine's Crimea still runs deep in Russia, but the cold reality of paying for the Black Sea region is setting in and threatens to test an economy brought low by Western sanctions.</p><br clear="all"/>

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