Former Soviet States Are Nervous Over Russia's Invasion Of Ukraine

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Former Soviet States. NYT

Russia's Seizure of Crimea Is Making Former Soviet States Nervous -- Matt Ford, The Atlantic

The crisis in Ukraine has countries formerly in Russia's orbit fearing Putin's next moves.

For the first time since the Soviet Union's collapse more than two decades ago, Russian military forces have moved into an Eastern European country and occupied its territory. Over 15,000 Russian soldiers are now stationed in Ukraine's autonomous republic of Crimea, according to Ukrainian officials (it's not clear how many of them were already in the region before this crisis), in a deployment ordered by Russian President Vladimir Putin to protect "Russian citizens and compatriots on Ukrainian territory." No shots have been fired, but Ukraine's acting president, Oleksandr Turchynov, has placed his country's military on its highest alert level to deter "potential aggression," as the United States condemned Russia's "invasion and occupation of Ukrainian territory" in violation of international law.

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My Comment: They should be nervous .... they could be next.