> You also have to remember that the justification for the Russian invasion of Crimea was to protect the minority Russian population living in Crimea.

The only justification was to get votes in future president elections. We call this phenomenon "Crimea consensus".

Current Crimea population have no access to online financial instruments (including totally Russian banking systems) and this summer was a huge crisis with drinkable water. Russian government did nothing.

You known nothing Ransom Stark.