Breaking: Russian gunmen take Ukrainian parliment and other government offices

Cheeky bastards.

There are reports of Russian envoys distributing Russian passports in the peninsula. Russia's defence laws allow military action overseas to "protect Russian citizens

Have they been issued yet? I know that there is talk of issuing them but are they being handed out?

At 12:37 28/02/2014 Russia's interior ministry is inviting former Ukrainian policemen who leave Ukraine to join their ranks in the Russian provinces. They can sign up after acquiring Russian citizenship, it says. During the violent unrest this winter, Ukrainian police officers, and especially the elite Berkut unit, were accused of crimes against protesters, including murder.

I'm sure their families are invited too. It would be wise to assume that many others would be given passports.

ETHNIC Russians not Russian (well it hasn't be proven that they're Russian yet). The Crimea was Russian 60 years ago, a lot of those Russians are still with us today and their children identify with being Russian, it'll most likely separate from Ukraine come May 25.

indeed its not. russia has too much to lose to let Ukraine go completely to the EU.

EU is bankrupt already. So is Ukraine. What's the point of it joining an already bankrupt union which is not going to bail them out?

ETHNIC Russians not Russian (well it hasn't be proven that they're Russian yet). The Crimea was Russian 60 years ago, a lot of those Russians are still with us today and their children identify with being Russian, it'll most likely separate from Ukraine come May 25.

Referendum has been moved to end of March now, I think :P And there are plenty of Russians living in Crimea. I am Russian myself, and I used to live in Crimea?

You so conveniently forgot the 1944 mass deportation of the Crimean Tatars that was basically ethnic cleansing in disguise. Russians were used to repopulate Crimea and thus represent the murderous and imperialistic Soviet regime, they have no claim to that territory.

You mean Turkish people? Who cares.

I wish Russia would just hurry up and invade Ukraine, Belarus and Latvia with their super-army. I can't think of anything more exciting and salivatingly awesome than WWIII breaking out in Eastern Europe.

You actually want WWIII to happen?

Yeah, who wouldn't?

I certainly wouldn't want that to happen.

Why would you want WWIII to happen?


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Because we desperately need a major population culling event and a eastern-european war would do the trick.

I know a lot of Russians are there but you're not a Ukrainian citizen are you? I think most Ethnic Russians that are there are Ukrainian citizens but they do qualify for Russian citizenship.

You mean Turkish people? Who cares.