Nice picture!

"Wanna laugh? This are the sanctions against Russia."

Do not shout at me, easy :D

I understand your confusion, it comes from the wrong assumption (or superstition) that Kremlin's motivation in the Ukrainian crisis has smth to do with territorial gains or smth as straightforward -- common misconception for people who are poorly informed about the whole situation (have stumbled upon similar opinions couple of times here) or who don't want to give it a second thought -- that's why you've interpreted my "Putin wants all of Ukraine" the way you did. Of course, I didn't mean territorial gains, they might happen but this is not an end in itself.

I've just explained to you the position of mai. He did the same two posts above.

Really? Try to consider how would the budget hole, default on all social obligations, coupled with Nazis running rampant and generl instability affect the situation?

2 NATO UAVs shot down in Crimea.
http://oane.ws/news/2014/03/11/smi_v_krymu_sbili_2_bespilotnika_nato

And again you talking about territorial gains and missing the point.

South-East might vote for being part of Russia,  South-East might vote for independence, South-East  might vote for special legal status within the Ukraine, or none of this will happen and de-jure South-East will be part of Ukraine, while de-facto it's already somewhat not part of the Ukraine. All of these options might very well suit Kremlin.

Western Ukraine doesn't interest me for now, it's 100% subsidized region that exist solely due to economy of the South-East. If South-East will fall off completely it will turn into new Moldavia, or worse.

Well, you won't get Putin over here, so I'm afraid the best I can offer you is my opinion :D Banderstadt (Western Ukraine) is irrelevant by itself when it's not trying to stretch out to the East, the only way they can do it is by siding with the guys in Kiev. And that means current regime in Kiev must go, and it will go with the help of Putin or not for the same reasons I posted above.

Seems crimean people have not the option to choose to stay in the Ukraine:

If that is true, then im not surprised.

I'm not surprised you're not surprised.

But you are probably surprised if things show the bad side of western propaganda. By the way, what do you think about this: http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=6142412