Thanks guys!
This is like a political soap opera playing out on TV before our very eyes..... And It-Ogo is living right in the middle of it.
It's crazy... I just hope it works out in such a way that people are better off afterwards.

I don't know about Russia, but this crisis has brought out the absolutely worst in the EU. They are stirring things up and making promises they will never be able to keep, and threats they know are nonsense. Meanwhile this is probably the biggest come-uppance for Russia in at least two decades.

Have you heard anything more about potential "refugees" from Ukraine to Russia?

I actually didn't hear anyone speak Ukrainian in Odessa or Kiev. At least that I noticed. Maybe because I didn't do much other than walk around and check out the sights and do some shopping. However everything written was in Ukrainian in Kiev.