Quote Originally Posted by Crocodile View Post
Well... there is so much controversy surrounding the crisis.. I can only serve my personal opinion, so please add the missing "IMHO" wherever missing.


This was very helpful background -- especially the discussion of the inter-ethnic disputes. (I know embarrassingly little about Crimea's history, apart from the fact that the remains of the "Golden Horde" continued to rule there for a long, long time.)