Russia is moving fast on Crimea.

Kremlin alleges attack, accuses Ukraine’s new government of trying to ‘destabilize’ Crimea; RIA Novosti reports March 30 referendum

kyivpost.com

This exercise in “democracy”, the March 30 referendum, allows 3 “choices”: “to retain its current status as an autonomous republic within Ukraine, to become an independent state, or to become part of Russia.”