Might we do our limited part to send a signal to Russia that its illegal invasion and annexation of the Ukraine's Crimea is unacceptable?
We could apply the concept of StopRush to US businesses that continue to do business in the Crimea after the Russian annexation.
For example, McDonald's suspended all of its operations at its 3 stores in Crimea - and should be rewarded with our business for doing the right thing.
Russian anti-Western politicians are calling for a Russian consumer boycott of McDonalds's other 400 stores across Russia in retaliation, and even for McDonalds to abandon all business in Russia, closing those 400 McDonalds stores.
Russian dictator Vladimir Putin has announced that he hopes to turn Crimea into an international casino gambling destination. Republican casino operator Sheldon Adelson may already have his people talking to Putin about having Adelson's Sands casino locate in Crimea. Other US casino corporations may also be planning to take advantage of that new Crimea market opportunity.
It would be great if someone could pull together a spreadsheet (as we have for the StopRush [Limbaugh] effort) of US businesses that do business in Crimea so we could pressure them to support the Ukraine and not to support the new Russian invaders of Crimea.
Perhaps the US Dept of Commerce should require all US companies, including banks, to report on any current business activities in Crimea or with Russian businesses that do business in Crimea, and to report within 48 hours any new such business exceeding USD$250,000. The information should be made available on a US Dept of Commerce web site.
If a US consumer business or bank or casino continues to do business in Crimea or starts new business in Crimea or makes or expands an investment in Crimea, I for one do not want to spend my dollars with that US business.