Wikipedia's editorial position is a separate issue. It isn't impossible or contradictory to hold both concepts in one's mind. If Russia wants Crimea, it was a

Wikipedia's editorial position is a separate issue. It isn't impossible or contradictory to hold both concepts in one's mind. If Russia wants Crimea, it was a mistake for the USSR to hand it over. From that point an individual could also believe that every region has the right to secede. The two views are not contradictory. It takes a specific kind of bias to read intent into the statement. Let us try again with an issue divorced from the inflammatory topic. "The getaway driver made a mistake by turning off the engine." The above statement doesn't assume support for getaway drivers or bank robbery. It is an observation of folly, nothing more.