Originally Posted by Rochard

This means very little to anyone.

First, only fifteen percent of the people of Crimea voted to leave Ukraine and move over to Russia and.... Ukraine had nothing to say about this? (Does this mean fifteen percent of the population of Texas can vote to leave the United States the rest of the population, no less the entire United States, has no say in it?)

Second, what happened with Crimea has very little to do with this. If Eastern Ukraine wants to leave and form it's own country, have a fucking a vote. It might just pass too because anyone who is against this has left the area.

I understand that Russian and Ukrainian ties are extremely close and have been for some time. But that doesn't give Russia the right to decide what is best for citizens of another country. Russia is encouraging this, and then supporting this.

I have friends who live in Crimea and also friends who live in Donetsk. I understand there are two sides to this story (my friends there are opposing sides too), but in at the end of the day this is all happening because Russia is promoting this and supporting this.