However instead of feeling guilty, the authorities and residents of the
peninsula, where tourism is the only source of income, cracked down on the
activist herself. She was accused of being immoral, unpatriotic and of trying
to ruin the region's economy.
If Golubova continues her agitation, Crimea's Prime Minister Viktor Plakida has
said, he will personally see that she gets deported from the peninsula.
Oksana, who did not expect such an emotional reaction, tries to leave house as
rarely as possible.
"I just wanted to make people who come to spend their holidays in the Crimea
treat its nature with more consideration," Oksana says.
"I wanted to stop the authorities from pouring sewage into the sea. But
unfortunately people care more about drawing money from tourists than about
leaving a clean sea to their children."
