I think there may be something to your thesis, Butler, that the Russians may justify their actions in Crimea with the excuse that “Crimea doesn’t pay” its debts to them.  I recently heard a rumor that the Crimeans are considering novel ways of coming up with money to pay all their debts, including suing the American song writer Arthur Hamilton, author of the song “Cry Me a River,” for stealing the title from The Crimea River.

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