status us recognized. They didn't like siberia and want to go home. I'm not sure of whether their wish to be part of a stand alone country Crimea, Part of a Ukraine who wants to expel all russian speakers (does that include tatars?) and at the very least will keep all of the eastern folks subjugated to the whims of Kiev or a russian vassal state? Im sure the last is not what any of the folks there really want, russian or not.