Plan B:

http://www.nytimes.c...ne-says.html?_r=0

SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine Â Tensions mounted on the eve of a secession referendum here in Crimea as helicopter-borne Russian forces made a provocative incursion just outside the peninsulaÂs regional border to seize a natural gas terminal, while American and European officials prepared sanctions to impose on Moscow as early as Monday.

The military operation by at least 80 troops landing on a slender sand bar just across from CrimeaÂs northeast border seemed part of a broader effort to strengthen control over the peninsula before a referendum Sunday on whether its majority Russian-speaking population wants to demand greater autonomy from Ukraine or break away completely and join Russia. Whatever its tactical goals, the seizure of the terminal sent a defiant message to the United States and Europe and underscored that a diplomatic resolution to RussiaÂs recent takeover of Crimea remains elusive.

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First they came for the gas, then they came for the electricity, then they came for the water...

:-(

Cheers,
Scott.

Post #387,657 by pwhysall 3/17/14 6:18:57 PM Reply	Plan B: Let the Russians have Crimea, and then sell them (the Crimeans) water and electricity. Neither of which they've got much of, as I understand it.
Post #387,658 by Another Scott 3/17/14 6:44:24 PM Reply	Putin seems to have realized that. http://www.nytimes.c...ne-says.html?_r=0 SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine Â Tensions mounted on the eve of a secession referendum here in Crimea as helicopter-borne Russian forces made a provocative incursion just outside the peninsulaÂs regional border to seize a natural gas terminal, while American and European officials prepared sanctions to impose on Moscow as early as Monday. The military operation by at least 80 troops landing on a slender sand bar just across from CrimeaÂs northeast border seemed part of a broader effort to strengthen control over the peninsula before a referendum Sunday on whether its majority Russian-speaking population wants to demand greater autonomy from Ukraine or break away completely and join Russia. Whatever its tactical goals, the seizure of the terminal sent a defiant message to the United States and Europe and underscored that a diplomatic resolution to RussiaÂs recent takeover of Crimea remains elusive. [...] First they came for the gas, then they came for the electricity, then they came for the water... :-( Cheers, Scott.
Post #387,677 by pwhysall 3/18/14 2:58:39 AM Reply	Money talks, Russkies walk http://www.reuters.c...BREA2G0RF20140317

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