Pure curiosity , where are you from?
Somewhere in Europe. I'm not from Ukraine, Russia or such (no ex USSR country).
That's what I find most ridiculous about the whole situation, if they have a democratic election and it's fair, who are westerners to say no? It's obvious there is something going on because the Europeans and Americans are looking just for an excuse to pick a fight with Putin, it also makes me think twice about Putin though when the fact is that the Ukrainian president was trying to hand the entire country over to him. We have a similar situation in the UK with Scotland and the EU, people want a vote on it, but the politicians in power are doing everything they can to make our decision for us and don't get me started on Northern Ireland.
Crimea people voting is very much legal. The EU says otherwise? They're not the ones who should be the judge of that.
Yes, they're trying to pick a fight with Putin, sadly this will cause mass destruction on both sides.
Obama is weaker than Putin, even 70% Americans think this. He's the only one who can turn the US into radioactive dust.