Interesting stuff. Hardly a week after the Olympics are done and Russie invades a country practically within view of Sochi.
Hard to fight off an invasion when you're not even sure who is in charge of your country! Not to mention about to go bankrupt.
I'm not sure what Putins end game is here. He will likely not be pushed out of Crimea by force, but there will be sanctions up the ass for this and he can kiss all his gas contracts with Europe goodbye.
I think he will end up claiming that Crimea suceded (sp?) from the Ukraine by choice (and Putin knows a thing or two about free elections!) and then he will set up a puppet regime there. Not exactly sure why though....
Hard to fight off an invasion when you're not even sure who is in charge of your country! Not to mention about to go bankrupt.
I'm not sure what Putins end game is here. He will likely not be pushed out of Crimea by force, but there will be sanctions up the ass for this and he can kiss all his gas contracts with Europe goodbye.
I think he will end up claiming that Crimea suceded (sp?) from the Ukraine by choice (and Putin knows a thing or two about free elections!) and then he will set up a puppet regime there. Not exactly sure why though....