What are the ODDS that Russias media is as controlled as our own?.. (or more)
Meaning polls will say whatever the oligarchs want it to say..
You know............................. like ours..
You mean after Putin took them over last December?
The US and other western countries have supported very similar secessionist movements in many other places, making it more than a little difficult to take a principled stand against this one.
Example: Kossovo.
Crimea, historically, is less a province of Ukraine than Tibet is of China.
Another example of chickens coming home to roost.