Comments on: The Crimean crisis: justified secession, Russian aggression or both? https://blogs.sps.ed.ac.uk/jwi/2014/03/05/the-crimean-crisis-justified-secession-russian-aggression-or-both/ University of Edinburgh Wed, 07 May 2014 09:23:03 +0000 hourly 1 By: Cathal O'Madagain https://blogs.sps.ed.ac.uk/jwi/2014/03/05/the-crimean-crisis-justified-secession-russian-aggression-or-both/#comment-6778 Wed, 07 May 2014 09:23:03 +0000 http://blogs.sps.ed.ac.uk/jwi/?p=214#comment-6778 just in from Forbes, the accidentally posted real results of the referendum. I wonder does this affect your thinking:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/paulroderickgregory/2014/05/05/putins-human-rights-council-accidentally-posts-real-crimean-election-results-only-15-voted-for-annexation/

]]> By: Margaret Moore https://blogs.sps.ed.ac.uk/jwi/2014/03/05/the-crimean-crisis-justified-secession-russian-aggression-or-both/#comment-2567 Fri, 07 Mar 2014 12:26:32 +0000 http://blogs.sps.ed.ac.uk/jwi/?p=214#comment-2567 This is a very good piece. I agree with everything you say – except that I would add that in cases where might might think there are reasons to think that Crimea could be justifiably part of Russia(historical, attachment, etc.) with protection for Ukrainian and Tatar minorities, or justifiably be part of Ukraine (with similar protections for Russian and Tatar minorities), a precautionary principle should prevail that we should go with the status quo. And this is a little bit different from rejecting military intervention as a vehicle of change (which I also do).

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