Las Vegas Review Journal – Somehow, “What happens in Crimea, stays in Crimea,” doesn’t seem like an appropriate catchphrase. In April, a month after Russia forcibly annexed the Black Sea peninsula away from Ukraine, President Valdimir Putin said he wants to turn the territory into his own version of Las Vegas. He wasn’t talking about replacing “Thunder From Down Under” with the “Shirtless Putin Dancers.” Putin crusaded against gambling in 2006, leading to the closure of most Russian casinos and slot machine parlors. He called gambling a “dangerous addiction and a magnet for organized crime.” Now, he wants to create…