I'm just aksing but not argue...how the hell do we tell Russia to not intervene in Ukraine??

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4. First, in 1994 when Ukraine agreed to give up their nukes we signed an agreement with Ukraine,

Russia and the UK. In it, all countries agreed to respect their sovereignty and borders. Russia has violated this. They claim that they're protecting their citizens, but it's simply not true. First of all, half of Ukraine isn't Russian. Only 17% of the population is ethnic Russian. More than that speak Russian, but there are many who are bilingual. In Crimea there are 58.2% ethnic Russians, 24% ethnic Ukranians and 12.1% Crimean Tatars. A survey in 2011 found that 72% said their nationality was Ukrainian. The idea that there is an overwhelming majority of Russians who want to secede and align with Russia is incorrect. Much of the disagreements between the various ethnic groups have been encouraged by governments. Putin desperately needs the port at Svestopol. Losing that would cause significant problems for Russia. The president before Yanukovich said they would not be renewing the lease w/Russia when it expired in 2017. Less than three months after Yanukovich took office he resigned the lease for 25 years. It was a very divisive action. The parliament broke out in a physical altercation. Russia has been very busy ginning up Russian nationalism trying to make sure Putin's interests were served.

It doesn't matter that it used to be Soviet Russia's property. It was legally given to Ukraine in 1954. If you want to look at history, Stalin drove the ethnic Crimean Tatars from the land where most died in exile.

There's a lot to it, but don't buy into the propaganda that it's Russia's property and they're entitled to it. If the Crimean people want to vote for secession in a year, let them do so. Considering only 58% are ethnic Russians it's not hard to imagine that 10% of them would want to remain with Ukraine, so even with 57% ethnic Russian's a vote to secede isn't a sure thing.