User blog comment:Local Mafia Boss/Crimea Crisis/@comment-24285234-20140302235215/@comment-4206034-20140303235842

Look. All Russian actions indicate they are focusing on regions with Russian ethnic populations. As far as I can tell, they would love to see the west go its merry way. All they are really interested in is getting the East.

And no, people are exaggerating the amount of similarities. Russia ain't Nazi, and they are pretty weak compared to the rest of Europe. However, the EU would not dare try to get militarily involved - Russia controls all their gas supplies, and the Europeans would prefer being able to cook food rather than some far off country.