To be or not to be ? The Crimean Question.

Thousands of Ukranians have taken over the streets protesting for their government to align with the West in particular the European Union, instead of Russia. These protests heightened after president Viktor Yanukovych abandoned deal with closer ties with the European Union in favor of closer collaboration with Russia. 

Most developments apply to the Crimean peninsula because of their Russian majority. Due to such unrest, on March 1st the Russian parliament approved President Putin's request to involve Russian forces in Ukraine. This had led to a referendum which allows Crimea to secede and join Russia. 

 






As violence increased in Ukraine because of difference in ideologies, Russia sent in troops because it was their duty to protect their "fellow compatriots."

A lot of what is happening with this problem is not fully shown to the American public, reason being could be the 10 plus years of war over the Middle East which has led the low support of the American people and involving ourselves with another country. Recently a little more has been shown to the American public as President Barack Obama has made it a more prevalent issue, but it is still not receiving nearly enough attention. The country continues to be filled with fluff news about celebrities and getting kicked out of rehab rather than talking about actual news. 

On March 16th the vote for the annexation of Crimea was taking place. But almost everyone was unaware of this.

On March 16th Miley Cyrus got a tattoo. This picture was sent,  Instagrammed, and retweeted over a few thousand times.

We live in a country where a picture of a tattoo receives more attention than the complete revolution of a country. This could be because our interest of what is happening outside of our country are not as important. 

For a full story please visit:

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26613567

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/03/15/ahead-crimea-referendum-us-senators-in-kiev-anti-gov-protests-in-moscow/

http://antiwar.com/blog/2014/03/05/americans-overwhelmingly-oppose-us-intervention-in-ukraine/

http://perezhilton.com/page/16/#.UyeDMXlH1SU

Daniel Santa