On August 25, 2014, the head of the State Council of Kazakhstan V. Konstantinov said that the issue of abolishing the Opuk and Kazantip reserves is being considered, as local residents of the Leninsky district appealed to the "Crimean authorities" to do so. According to him - "residents were left without traditional grazing places". It is important to recall that both reserves were established long ago, after losing their defensive significance with the collapse of the USSR. "Traditional grazing places" could not be here for at least 70 years. However, it is more important to understand that almost the entire area of these reserves is occupied by marine waters and steep cliffs above the sea - not the best place for grazing, unlike the endless steppes of the Kerch Peninsula capes which created these reserves.
