Reply To: Russian Tensions
As a personal aside, when I decided to become an ex-pat, I seriously considered re-settling in Crimea (Yalta, to be precise) then part of Ukraine and Edinburgh had a consulate.
A work colleague visited Ukraine to monitor the elections in 2006 and discouraged me by pointing out the number of corrupt police he kept encountering. Not sure where he was actually based in Ukraine but his warning was enough that I chose not to go and picked India, Kerala, on the recommendation of some Indians I worked alongside.