Tensions build in Crimea
Many analysts believe that the Crimea in Ukraine could be the next flashpoint after the war in Georgia.
Ukraine itself is divided between those who want closer ties with the West and those who prefer to stay within Moscow's orbit. The pro-Western coalition in Parliament has collapsed forcing a dissolution of the government.
The Crimea has a large ethnic Russian population and it is believed that Moscow is offering Russian passports to many of them. The Crimea was the site of what many consider the first "modern war" between the Western European nations of France, the United Kingdom and Sardinia, who sided with the Ottoman Empire against the Russian Empire.
Ukraine itself is divided between those who want closer ties with the West and those who prefer to stay within Moscow's orbit. The pro-Western coalition in Parliament has collapsed forcing a dissolution of the government.
The Crimea has a large ethnic Russian population and it is believed that Moscow is offering Russian passports to many of them. The Crimea was the site of what many consider the first "modern war" between the Western European nations of France, the United Kingdom and Sardinia, who sided with the Ottoman Empire against the Russian Empire.
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