Where will Crimea go?

After reading an article on current politics in Crimea, I was able to form my own opinion on the Crimea crisis.  The Crimean Parliament will hold a referendum on March 16th to decide whether the region of Ukraine should secede and become part of Russia or continue to be part of the Ukraine, only with less government restrictions from the Ukraine.  The Ukrainian president said if Crimea seceded, it would be a crime and the Russian president, Putin, declared that Russia didn’t mean to annex Crimea and would only be forced to go along with the citizen’s desires.  The west needs to “convince both the Kremlin-connected Russian elite and the population of Crimea that the region's secession to Russia would be a mistake.”  The European Union and United states declared that if Crimea is annexed by Russia, they wouldn’t recognize the decision. 

It would be a bad idea for Crimea to secede from the Ukraine.  If Russia annexes Crimea, Crimea will lose international business with countries in the west.  Crimea will also lose a ton of tourists.  The annexation would also be illegal, and few countries would consider Crimea to be Russian rather than Ukrainian.

I understand how Crimea would want to be a part of Russia for social issues that have been occurring in the country, but illegally seceding from Ukraine will only result in Economic problems in the country.  By remaining in the Ukraine with more autonomy, Crimea will have few problems.  They will still be able to bring in tourism and have normal international affairs.  Crimea will also be able to have more of their own laws and  freedom from the Ukraine.  While seceding from the country would cause many problems for Crimea, staying a part of the Ukraine with autonomy would cause very few.  

Something should be done in the Ukraine to end riots and protests and convince Crimea to stay a part of Russia, however there is always the fear of war being started.  The European Union should start working to convince Crimea to remain part of the Ukraine. 

If dogs ran the government, Crimea would have been convinced to remain a part of the Ukraine by now.