documentation we encountered Ukrainian and remembered that we were a part of Ukraine ”. Another thing in common in the responses of the interviewees in terms of the 2014 events is that because of Russia they have been saved and the violent events that happened in Donbass did not reach Crimea . Within a night the flag of Ukraine has been replaced with the flag of Russia with no bloodshed .
The most common problem due to the 2014 events emphasized by the interviewees refers to documentation and visa issues . As all the documents were in Ukrainian , there was a need to translate the documents to Russian . All the passports and all the registration documents had to be changed in order to correspond to the legislation of the new state : “ All the property had to be registered , to be moved to the legislative sphere of the Russian Federation . This was problematic . First of all , because of this there were long queues . Secondly , you know , if someone has built something and lived freely and no one had issues with it , now that needed to be legalized . But legalize how ? People have had troubles with these and there has been dissatisfaction ”. Another major issue that Crimean Armenians are facing refers to traveling . Before 2014 there were direct flights to Yerevan and “ if before it took me two hours to arrive in Yerevan , now I have to spend all day on it and I am not even speaking about the fact that currently it is twice as expensive ”. However , according to some of the interviewees , there are other options to travel from Crimea . One of those options is to go to Ukraine , obtain a Ukrainian international passport and get a visa and travel with that one . So , people would have two international passports , Russian and Ukrainian , and they will show the Russian one in Russia and the Ukrainian one during international flights . It is sometimes possible to get a visa with Russian / Crimean passport , for example , during diplomatic visits .
On the other hand , there are also positive consequences of being under Russia ’ s rule . According to one of the interviewees , after 2014 , everyone got medical insurance , while during Ukrainian rule it was not the case . There were people who voluntarily paid for insurance but it was not widespread . After 2014 , medical insurance became a common practice in Crimea . Indeed , till the end of 2014 , almost all the residents of Crimea were provided with compulsory medical insurance policies ( Federal Fund of Compulsary Health Insurance 2014 ).
Another interesting finding was with regards to other social issues . To the question about 2014 events affecting the personal lives ( social issues ) of the Crimean Armenians , a number of interviewees shared important details . For example , they mentioned loans that were borrowed from Ukrainian banks . There have been a number of people whose loans , which remained unpaid in Ukrainian
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