how do you know there will be one
Can you tell me how it happened that the Pentagon had to "publicize" the war crimes of its people in Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen, Somalia, Cuba, etc?
I can save you some time and tell you that the Pentagon was dragged, kicking and screaming, into admitting these things. And it happened many, many months after the fact. The people accused, whether American regulars, or mercenaries like Blackwater, were never subjected to any kind of serious punishment. A few years of jail, and dishonorable discharge. If the press had not written about it, endlessly, then the Pentagon would be just as happy to let sleeping dogs lie.
No military in the world, except some gay Dutch or Austrian military, would willingly play along in besmirching it's own name. That's just the facts.
So now you are telling me that a quiet process where these guys get punished, or even ordered into a suicidal mission, is not enough? The Russian military must act completely uncharacteristic for any military organization and just light itself on fire?
Is there any evidence is that the 2014 referendum was manipulated?
The only proof for this is the presence of the mysterious armed men. Nobody I know from Crimea had ever told me that the soldiers had somehow coerced them into voting a certain way. You must understand, that for most Crimeans the sight of a Russian military person was a totally normal sight, and their perception of them was of "protectors". Nobody was voting on fear.