[elhombrelibre]

Well, Putin and his proxies certainly agree with you. They're plundering Crimea with the same alacrity that their Soviet fathers plundered all of Central and Eastern Europe during the communist halcyon days. See:

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/11/world/seizing-assets-in-crimea-from-shipyard-to-film-studio.html?_r=0

I realize you may think they have it coming to them for having strayed outside the Putin Empire since 1954.

[bert]

Actually, I’m neutral on the subject. What happens in Russia/Crimea is not my affair.

I observe and report my finding, taking no side

My gut feeling is that poor old Mother Russia has a cancer that Putin will never really cure