The only thing I can say is if Crimea “wants” to be co-opted, let it BE Russia’s baby then. It’ll figure out that the post-USSR Russia will rape it as bad as the pre-USSR Russia. Sometimes it takes a disaster to show that something is more than a “mere political move.”
Not objecting to your comment, only that a history of the importance of the religion aspect of Crimea gives insight into it’s future, and the rest of the world.
Crimea is next door to Russia, but it’s supposedly a monstrous outrage for Russia to meddle there,
Meanwhile, US overthrows Libyan gov’t half a globe away — and wants to do the same in Syria now. Goose and gander anyone?