Russia: Putin

                The events that have been happening in the Ukraine are staggering and it is natural that world powers would want to intervene but is Russia concerned only with the independence of Crimea or looking for its own gain.

                Looking into Russian President Vladimir Putin’s past makes it unlikely that he intervened in the Ukraine for moral purposes only. Putin likes power and he has proved this time and time again when he constantly shifted the power of the Prime Minister and the President according to what benefited him. Since the year 2000 Russia has remained controlled by Putin and has increased his own power.

                When Putin entered Crimea “not merely bolstering the security of Russia’s naval base on the coast of Crimea (an autonomous republic of Ukraine that once belonged to Russia) but mobilizing 30,000 troops to occupy the entire enclave”(False Warnings). He was not looking to restore order in Crimea but rather increase the power of Russia over them. Since Russia implemented its troops in Crimea there has been talk about annexing from the Ukraine and rejoining Russia. Which would be good for Russia because they would gain land and a sea port. 

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2014/03/putin-goes-to-war-in-crimea.html

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/war_stories/2014/03/barack_obama_vladimir_putin_and_ukraine_the_president_has_bungled_his_dealings.html

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2014/03/putin-weighs-ukraine-talks-but-firm-crimea-201431044027273182.html