Thanks For Being So Cool About Everything
By Vladimir Putin
As you know, the last few weeks have been kind of crazy around here. Last month, protests in Ukraine ousted the country's Kremlin-allied president and ignited a wave of Ukrainian nationalism that threatened to destabilize Russia's economic and military interests in the region. Of course, I couldn't simply stand by and let that happen, so I intervened and ordered a **76** takeover of the strategically important peninsula of Crimea-a territory with historical ties to Russia that our nation had long desired. It's certainly no easy task to forcefully annex an entire province against another country's will, so I just wanted to thank you-the government of the United States, the nations of western Europe, and really the entire world population as a whole-for being super cool about all of this.
Seriously, you guys have been amazing. All of you. I really appreciate it.