Oh, Crimea River!

[Tommy_Carcetti]

15. Yes, you do know very little.

Svoboda is not the party in power in Ukraine--it actually only has 8% of the current Parliamentary makeup. And arguably it's ultranationalist as opposed to neo-Nazi, which is not to excuse ultranationalism but there is a distinction nonetheless. But the greater point is that the parties responsible for the change in power were not dominantly ultranationlist or neo-Nazi. Instead, it was a movement that spanned ideology from left to right.

Crimea has "ties" to Russia by virtue of the fact that Russia has long been a dominating force in the region and engaged in heavy campaign of Russification, transplanting in ethnic Russians while expelling the people who lived before there. However, soon after the breakup of the USSR, Russia signed treaties recognizing that Crimea was Ukrainian territory (with the exception of the pre-existing military base). It now sees fit to break that treaty, using a bogus claim of oppression of Russians living in Crimea as justification.

Before posting on the topic, you really ought to learn more about it before jumping to conclusions.