KERCH, Crimea — International cruise lines have stopped docking at Yalta, and Ukrainians have boycotted the peninsula’s once-popular Black Sea beaches. But ferry dockworker Andrey Shpachenko has been doing well despite the poor tourist season.

His earnings at the company that ferries passengers to and from Crimea and Russia have more than doubled to $550 per month thanks to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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