Well, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov gave us a big hint during talks yesterday with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier.
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Brian Whitmore: The Crimea con job
(FILES) Members of the Russian forces stand guard at the gateway of Ukrainian unit in the small Crimean city of Kerch on March 4, 2014.
So by now the holes in Russia's story about an alleged Ukrainian terror plot in Crimea are big enough to drive a truck through. Nobody who has seriously looked at the evidence actually believes this tall tale. And yet, the Kremlin is sticking to its story and showing no signs of relenting. But why?
