Posted on 03/01/2014 5:15:30 PM PST by Jim Robinson
The American and Russian presidents spoke on the phone for 90 minutes on Saturday after Russia's parliament voted unanimously to deploy troops in Ukraine, defying warnings from Western leaders not to intervene.
In his conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin , U.S. President Barack Obama expressed "his deep concern over Russia's clear violation of Ukrainian sovereignty and territorial integrity." Mr. Obama urged Russia to de-escalate tensions by withdrawing its forces back to bases in Crimea and to refrain from any interference elsewhere in Ukraine.
Saturday's developments come as Russian troops and their local allies have already largely taken control of Crimea, a restive province of Ukraine that belonged to Russia until 1954 and remains predominantly pro-Russian.
In a statement after the call between Mr. Putin and Mr. Obama, the White House said the U.S. "condemns Russia's military intervention into Ukrainian territory."
Mr. Putin told Mr. Obama that Russia reserved the right to intervene in Ukraine to protect its interests and those of the Russian-speaking population there, according to a statement from the Kremlin.
Mr. Putin also spoke of "provocations, crimes by ultranationalist elements, essentially supported by the current authorities in Kiev." It wasn't clear what incidents Mr. Putin was referring to.
In Moscow, Russian lawmakers also asked Mr. Putin to recall the country's ambassador to the U.S. On Friday, Mr. Obama had publicly warned Russia that there would be costs for any military intervention in Ukraine.
Western officials expressed alarm and cautioned Russia to respect Ukraine's territorial integrity.
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He will win this.
Too bad we have a Homosexual-in-Chief instead of a Commander-in-Chief.
Oh thstop it.
I urge Obama to stop persecuting conservatives in the US.
Good WSJ article, I wonder how the markets will react on Monday, especially the energy sector.
But...but...Jim! Obama can make the oceans rise! And he took out bin Laden with his bare hands! If I was Putin, I’d be hitting the Stoli right about now... < /S >
Bigger? Smarter?
The President is using Viagra that expired in 2008.
Nothing Obama says is going to change anything. They partitioned Georgia and now they will invade and partition another sovereign nation without any repercussions.
The transitions seem to be happening very rapidly with little military intervention, meanwhile the Obama Admin is calling for a reduction of "tensions". Obama needs to hush up and stay at home and have a lemon squeeze or something, he's just breaking wind.
Putin is getting the gang back together. What if the Soviet Union’s dissolution was faked?
FWIW, Canada has recalled its Ambassador from Moscow. Obama spent three hours getting his marching orders from Putin.
Seems possible, but half those people weren’t clued into the plan.
Yup. Obama better get it in gear. This thing is escalating much faster than his pea sized metro-homosexual brain can comprehend.
I hope 0bama doesn’t draw another red line. The resident is a total joke to our allies and our enemies and a total embarassment to all Patriotic Americans. I pray for the world already but with 0bama in office I need to pray even more.
He simply walks all over him with no resistance.
Putin to Obama:
Bend over and grab your ankles because here comes Vad!
MEANWHILE, IN AMERICA....
CNN is running a taped program promoting the Oscars and gays, instead of news that might make a Democrat look bad.
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