Ukraine (closed; covers till August 2014)

[mirhond]

Next it would be nice if you stopped using one-liners and at least try to make your case. I sincerly interested in it, as so far I have seen none.

I don't have any case, actually, I care less about all this mess in Ukraine.
Well, I you dont like one-liners, I'll made it two-liner:
Putin spared two million people not only a from civil war, but from the ravages of decaying Ukraninian economy and poor leadership. Reasonable Crimean polititians just calculated net gains/losses and desided to stick to Russia, plain and simple.