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Take that, Trump! Russia finishes ‘The Wall’ on Crimea-Ukraine border (VIDEO)
While certain politicians are still having difficulties getting their walls built, Russia has announced it had finished a border barrier between Ukraine and Crimea. Construction took just over a year and less than $3 million.
Bids for building the two-meter tall, 60-kilometer long fence separating the peninsula from Ukraine opened in September 2017. The Federal Security Service (FSB) announced the project’s completion on Thursday. The contract was estimated at approximately 200 million rubles, or $2.87 million at current exchange rates.
The fence is also reportedly equipped with high-technology surveillance devices, from vibration sensors to night vision cameras.
Russia’s ability to build a fence so quickly and at a fairly low cost has already prompted some snarky commentary about US President Donald Trump and his inability to even start construction of his wall on the border with Mexico.
Among the more constructive comments was the suggestion by one self-described American Russophile that Russia should be given the contract to build Trump’s wall. If the price of the Crimea fence were extrapolated for the length of the southern US border, that could be done for about $150 million, he said.
So about $47,000 per km.
The US-Mexican border is 3,145km. So around $150mil USD. With sensors and CCTV to boot.
Russia should build our wall.
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