the situation in Ukraine

I find it interesting that "the West" is so quick to jump into the action in the ongoing Ukrainian situation. When this sort of thing happens in equally large, equally populous parts of the non-European developing world, there isn't this kind of response. I guess it's the white faces that cause all of the interest.

Or maybe I'm being naive. Maybe it's just the Americans attempting to expand their hegemony by pushing for a switch of direction in this large - and formerly soviet - country. This country in which only roughly 200 of its 300 proven oil fields have been developed.