[Jimbuna]

Been watching the BBC and Sky news channels (hopping between them and the Leeds game) and I'm convinced the troops at the airport and government building in Crimea are indeed Russian.

Putin has been asked by the pro Moscow leader of the Crimean area for help, the Ukraine's military are in semi dissaray without coherent leadership and won't dare act so by giving Putin the excuse he previously had to act on Georgia....game all but over barr the shouting and voices of protest from the west.

Putin gets the Crimea back and possibly a substantial part of eastern Ukraine for good measure....they will of course be 'self governing' and the Russian roll will only be in acting as a protective umbrella to ensure peace and stability for the population.