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http://www.varlamov.me/ru/situaciya-v-krymu-chast-1
Good pictures. Things are pretty calm, Russian and Ukrainian troops chatting together, etc. Russians there are contractors, and Ukrainians are conscripts. Both understand it's a big political game going on for leverage by the elites, no one is interested in killing or dying for either Putin or the regime in Kiev. There will be a political solution, I think the regime in Kiev is coming to a realization that while they control the capital, attempts to run rough shot over the east aren't going to work. They will have to compromise. There will be a referendum, likely not outright independence, but self government and broad autonomy for the Crimea, and the Russians will go back to their bases. Unless someone does something stupid...
Good pictures. Things are pretty calm, Russian and Ukrainian troops chatting together, etc. Russians there are contractors, and Ukrainians are conscripts. Both understand it's a big political game going on for leverage by the elites, no one is interested in killing or dying for either Putin or the regime in Kiev. There will be a political solution, I think the regime in Kiev is coming to a realization that while they control the capital, attempts to run rough shot over the east aren't going to work. They will have to compromise. There will be a referendum, likely not outright independence, but self government and broad autonomy for the Crimea, and the Russians will go back to their bases. Unless someone does something stupid...