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As with all soon-to-be autonomous economic oblasts in the landmass formerly known as the USSR, their independence is prevented by pure military strength, and nothing more.
Crimea is as Russian as it is Turkish, which is to say not very much, and Russia can only ever pretend it is theirs by parking a hundred thousand mobiks and suppressing the locals. The locals which are, need I remind you, not Russian.
This conflict can go on for generations, and you, my friend, are not patient enough to see the outcome; you clamor for an easy victory and declare the state of things as it is now to be how it will be for all eternity. This is foolish.