http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37061317
This the "reshuffle of the past several months" mentioned in the above article:
http://www.rferl.org/content/russia-putin-reshuffle-balyaninov-zurabov/27886343.html
Crimea seems like so much smoke and mirrors to hide this.
As Winston Churchill said: "Watching a Russian power struggle is like watching dogs fight under a carpet."
I can see the carpet moving, but I can't tell who's winning.