Crimea should be Russian

"That may be, but that doesn't change the fact that the ethnic majority of Crimea is Russian"Only 59%, the fact it is already a part of Ukraine, and became russian through horrendous ways should seem enough to make it wrong for it to become Russian. It would be unjust for russia to reap a benefit now in 2014 from Stalin's evil in the 1950s. "Previously, you used Chechnya as an example. If that is what you are referring to, I will have to disagree. Chechens led armed rebellions, which is the reason behind the use of military force" That is not what history says. Chechnya declared its independence in either 1991 or 1993 depending on which declaration you consider more official. There was no military conflict. Until Russia invaded at the end of 1994 during the first Chechen. http://en.wikipedia.org...Russia would invade AGAIN in 1999 during the second Chechen war. The insurgency phase of this ended only in 2009. It seem Russia has been busy finished oppressing others in Chechnya and Georgia since 1990 and has only recently finished. And is already moving on Ukraine, the trend must be put to a stop. http://en.wikipedia.org..."I agree with your first sentence, BUT because Crimea is an autonomous republic,. This Crimean Constitution allows Crimea to manage its territory. Crimea votes to join Russia? It has full right. "Autonomy does not in any way mean it is a sovereign independent nation. According to Ukraine's constitution, which Crimea is subject to, the central government has a veto power on regional parliaments. Furthermore, the circumstances of Crimea's supposed vote to join Russia should be scrutinized.From wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org...On Feb 27: A group of unidentified armed men entered Crimea's parliament building, hoisting a Russian flag on the roof and Council of Ministers building. The gunmen were said to be professionals and armed with rifles.[128] While the gunmen occupied the building, the parliament held an emergency session. It voted to dismiss the government, terminate its powers, and replace Prime Minister Anatolii Mohyliov with Sergey Aksyonov. Aksyonov belonged to the Russian Unity party, which received 4% of the vote in the last election.[59] The gunmen had cut all of the building's communications and took MPs' phones as they entered the building. No independent journalists were allowed inside the building while the votes were taking place.[59] Some MPs claimed that votes were cast for them and other MPs, even though they were not in the chamber.[59] On Feb 28: A group of 50–119[4] soldiers in military uniform without insignia of identification moved in on Simferopol International Airport. (most likely russian soldiers)It was not until March 1 Aksyonov officially asked Russia for intervention. Clearly, the way these events transpired and the fact russians were moving before any official request is not only suspicious, but serious grounds for Russian implication in this Coup d'etat of Crimea. "the world will try to punish Russia, but their attempts most likely won't be very successful. (Consider that Russia has more than enough natural resources to sustain itself and sanctions are just...petty)."Maybe not. 59% of Russia trade is with the EU. With the US, Japan, and other allies included, 70% of russia's trade can be targeted by coordinated allied sanctions. Most of this is in natural gas. But russia in no longer the #1 producer of natural gas; that title now belongs to the US. http://en.wikipedia.org...You will notice the EU itself it also the 3rd largest producer of gas. Algeria, Egypt, Qatar, UAE, Mexico, Canada are also available major suppliers who already do business in Europe.Only 20 years ago the world lived perfectly fine without Russian gas imports, it is easy to see why. Russia has a lot of gas, but so does the rest of the world. Arguably, it was harder to replace Iranian oil that it might be Russian gas. The only issue is tranportation really. Also, the EU is capable of boosting its own gas production and minimizing consumption. In fact the EU is on average consuming 6% less gas every year as it is. And Norway is the #1 supplier of European gas, not Russia. With sanctions, Russia's new business and blooming middle class and small business will wither without develop markets to trade with. (I can think of a russian video game that will have no more customers for example)Most of the worlds wealthiest investors will not invest in Russia, because of sanctions, and because of the bad image this whole thing is giving Russia. This will lead to loss of growth and potential. Russia's elite will not be able to travel to manner places or invest in many places and will have a hard time moving finances around. Russia will be more isolated, and lose prestige, while it suffers economically. Russia is not invulnerable, only 20 years ago Russia collapsed because of its isolation from the EU, US and developed world. "No proof? How about the crowds of people in the streets and squares, joyfully waving a Russian flag? "You are only talking about maybe 60% of the population, and oppressing the other 40%. The only reason you might not see people waving Crimea flags is because they don't want to be shot by russian soldiers. This does not make russia or right or make this proof.Russia should withdraw, and if you really believe all of Crimea wants to be Russian then the international observers will find out and maybe you will get what you want. But not this way. If you were telling the truth, you should be willing to do this.The fact Russia is not willing is suspicious to say the least. Russia seems desperate. "Russia's moves is 100% like Nazi Germany's"Very interesting that you mention that. Search up Godwin's Law."That does not at all suggest Putin is unlike Hitler in this example. Both are claiming to intervene and annex another country's territory on the basis of protecting a 50-60% ethnic demographic from clearly FAKE imaginary threats as a pretext to a LAND GRAB. You say that there is no risk to ethnic Russians, and I disagree. Ukraine's government was overthrown by US-backed, armed individuals. Not only is that in itself a threat, but also that those individuals happen to be Ukrainian nationalists. Ukrainian nationalists do NOT favor Russians.By your logic, the Russian nationalist are then going to do TERRIBLE things to the Ukrainians and tartars in Crimea. Who probably belong there more than the Russians historically speaking. But in reality, Ukrainian nationalist have never threatened russians so long as russians don't try and make Ukraine a satellite of Russia. Despite MONTHS of protest, the attacks on ethnic russian was very minimal. While the protests were aimed AT RUSSIA and the government Russia supported, they were not aimed at Russians. Ukrainians had the RIGHT to protest against Russia, because Russia was influencing the Ukrainian leaders to do things the Ukrainian people did not want. Ukraine did not want to be a satellite of Russia, and Ukraine has the right not to be. Russia even pressured the Ukrainian government to crush the protest movement. It was Russia acting against Ukrainians and Ukraine first by trying to subjugate them. And now Russia has invaded Crimea illegally just because it lost to Ukrainian popular opinion. That is reality. Ukrainians did not act because they were backed y the US or EU, they acted because they disagreed with Putin and Russia."But as Putin said, the soldiers were already there. They were already in the naval base and no "new" troops were introduced to the area."It is known Russia has brought many more soldiers, and moved its soldiers without agreement from Kiev. Both are illegal according to the treaty, that states Russia must agree with Kiev before it acts in Crimea and cannot raise troop numbers. Due to the circumstances and Russia's poor reputation and known history the Crimea referendum cannot be recognized.