ukranian government did everything to calm the people) has shifted all of the legally elected mayors and government, replacing them with the oligarchs, has not shown that fully controls maydan, sent army, tanks and multiple rocket launchers on the eastern territories) Obviously the Government is fully adequate and control the situation ) even if they were afraid that Russia will bring the troops they must to understand that to Russia is harder to deal with resistance of local people than rotten army of ukraine. But after all these actions, the local population will not rise to defend his Goverment. So or everything goes as planned, or Turchinov just an idiot and just didnt know what to do as didnt know Medvedev in "war" with Georgia ((
Please remind me, how was it handled in Chechnya, i.e. what does national russian "how to quell unrest" hanbook says? Something like... waged two wars, finally installed a freak of a local dictator, of whom every local is afraid, because he is a psycho killer, who would be prosecuted everywhere else, except in russia?
IMO - Ukraine showed MUCH restraint, frankly - I did not see anything I would object to. I would even go as far as saying they showed TOO much restraint and it cost them unfortunately.
Also remembered - there is this town, just opposite the river from Narva in Estonia, Ivangorod Narvskiy. Its mayor requested a referendum to join Estonia. Will that be allowed? Should it be allowed?