If History Is A Guide, Crimeans' Celebration May Be Short-Lived

A Vivid Reminder Of How Crimea's Embrace Of Russia Could Backfire

As Crimeans danced in the streets this week, giddy at the prospect of being gathered into Russia, few were watching as closely as the residents of the tiny mountainous enclave of South Ossetia, who, five and a half years ago, were similarly ecstatic.

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