(Kinda) backing you up here, Crimea actually _wanted_ to be a part of Russia: http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2014/03/crimea-celebrates-as-region-joins-rus

(Kinda) backing you up here, Crimea actually _wanted_ to be a part of Russia: http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2014/03/crimea-celebrates-as-region-joins-russia-20143224139630640.html http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2014/03/crimea-celebrat... The area has been culturally Russian for a very long time. I don't see how this is a bad thing.