[Tenacious 1]

“1. Considering the will of the peoples of Crimea expressed at the all-Crimea referendum on March 16, 2014, I hereby decree that the Republic of Crimea, where the City Of Sevastopol has a special status, be recognised as a sovereign and independent state of Mother Russia,” the decree said.

Fixed it. Now what letter will Obama write?

[Sacajaweau]

Dear Putie...Come to the White House. We can have a beer...and maybe go golfing or to a basketball game.

About the tanks....I have several. Most depict my favorite teams. But I do have one with our dog Bo's picture on it. BO is a secret code name for Barak Obama. Did you catch that?

[goldstategop]

Only a country or a part of it can accede to Russia. Russia and Crimea must draw up a treaty, have their Parliaments ratify it and then work out the modalities for final accession. And Russia’s Constitutional Court will need to certify all the proper steps were followed. All this will take time.