Russia wants Crimea to be part of Russia not Ukraine. Why? Oil. Read my comment at the bottom, its really about oil. What does Russian say is the reason? There are many Russians that live in Ukrainian Crimea.   Why is this crazy that Russia wants Crimea? Because there are many Polish people that live in Chicago so that means this should be part of Poland? Or Florida should go to Cuba? Or Quebec should go to France? Hong Kong should go back to the English? If Putin, um I mean Russia was consistent in its logic then half of Russia would break apart.

Ukrainian not Russian Crimea

Crimea is and has been part of Ukraine not Russia. International boundaries were agreed on. It is contiguous part of Ukraine. Russia wants to take it over and I think because the USA is so focused on saving Iraqi oil, um I mean people, they turn their backs on the politics in Eastern Europe, except Moscow, um I mean Russia. They always have. Russian wants to occupy Crimea with warships etc,  like it holds all these countless other republics that are of economic or military interest to them. The Russian fleet is already in Crimea and the Ukrainian president wants it out. The major of Moscow Yuri Luzhkov (a Putin puppet), has public declare that Crimea belongs to Russia. Russia is an imperialistic Czardom.

Russian people

I love the Russian people. I love Russia. I love Russian culture. I am 100% Slavic in blood and live in Eastern Europe and travel to Russian, Moscow and Ukraine. But I am just telling it like I see it. Gary Kasparov one of the brightest minds in the world sees it this way too, that Russia is no democracy. And the Russian people are suffering because of this.  Muscovite’s who have power get rich, while the Russian citizens get marginally better lives, just enough so they do not complain to much, however, if Russia had true democracy and free movement of labor and capital and gave up its imperialism it could be an extremely dynamic place, not just Moscow.

Crimea is Ukrainian not Russian

Crimea is part of Ukraine and Russia should not try to take it over.

I have been looking around at how much people get paid for being bilingual. If you are talking apples and apples, bilingualism will reward you with about a 15% increase per year in your pay. However, this is for basic job. The reward for a professionals, will be a higher, as one will have a specialty niche market that others can not focus on.  For the entrepreneur, you can count on saving of about 300%. 300%, if you can off shore your vital functions to an area that cost less than your backyard, even your support functions. Lets say you speak Ukrainian and have traveled to Ukraine and know the country and the people, there is no reason you can not do what you do with help from Ukrainian workers or even base yourself there. Therefore, bilingualism has many rewards, the least of which is financial. Most people I feel do not know how to leverage their bilingual skills. Further people born with the bilingualism often do not market their skills as effective as those who learned to be bilingual. The world pays on what you can do for me. So instead of putting the fact you are bilingual at the end of your CV, under additional skills, make a clear statement.  I am bilingual and I can help you reinvent your process by using my skill to do ‘this or that’ and that will transform your business in a concrete way.  With that attitude  your bilingual skill you will more than double your earnings, because no one wants just a worker, they want someone to transform their business.