A multi-ethnic, multi-generational collection of hardworking Russian patriots stare into the camera as they each pitch in to build a bridge linking Russia to the occupied Ukraine territory of Crimea. "It's my pride," says a welder. "It's for my children," says a graying, mustachioed foreman. "It's for the ages," says a crane operator.
Foreign Policy: Watch cheerful Russian construction workers build an illegal bridge
Russian President Vladimir Putin, accompanied with Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak and head of the Federal Road Agency Roman Starovoit, points at the map while inspecting the site of the under-construction bridge across the Kerch strait, which will link Russia and the Crimean peninsula, onboard a helicopter, on March 18, 2016.
