The Crimea “belongs” to Russia the way California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas “belong” to Mexico. Now stop your silly prattle.
My silly prattle? There are factions withing the Russian and Ukrainian power structures that want the old ways (soviet union) to return in a newer stronger form. It is a good thing we have a strong leader like Obama to stand up for freedom in East Europe right?
Your comparison is not fair. Being of Ukrainian origin I still admit Crimea was never Ukrainian before Soviet leader Khruschev who was Ukrainian either who took it from Russia to incorporate into Ukraine back to 1960s. So, historically it is as Ukrainian as Eastern Germany or Poland back to the 1980s. It wasn’t a place Ukrainians used to live before or won it militarily. It just turned Ukrainian as an act of communist leader. It was Russian for centuries before and it was Turkish before Russian and it is all the reason why it still populated by Russian and Turkish people.
Anyway I believe it is Ukrainian now, but Russians still have some rights. As for pro-Russian Crimeans it is pure economy while they are using their roots as an excuse. Ukrainian poverty is a problem. In Russia their average annual income is about US$15,000 and it is only $3,000 for Ukraine. As soon as Ukraine will be wealthier there won’t be Russian issue.