A little over a year since Moscow seized Crimea and instigated the “Russian spring” in a bid to detach the entire east and south of Ukraine, the Kremlin would seem to be the master of the situation. By all accounts Russian rule remains wildly popular in Crimea itself, with the notable exception of the Crimean Tatars, who are not numerous enough to make much of a difference. Russia has carved off a sizable chunk of the Donbass, the most industrialized region of Ukraine, and Kyiv stands no chance of ever expelling the Russians from Ukraine militarily. The West is more …read more
Source: The American Interest
