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Russian upper house approves use of force in Ukraine
CNN ^ | March 1, 2014 | Laura Smith-Spark. Diana Magnay and Ingrid Formanek

Posted on 03/01/2014 7:10:27 AM PST by maggief

Simferopol, Ukraine (CNN) -- [Breaking News Update, 10:02 a.m. ET] (CNN) -- Russia's upper house of parliament voted Saturday to approve the use of military force in Ukraine. The vote was unanimous.

[Original Story, published 9:23 a.m. ET]

(CNN) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has asked the upper house of parliament for approval to send Russian troops into Ukraine's Crimea region to normalize the political situation there, the Kremlin said Saturday.

Due to the "extraordinary situation in Ukraine," Putin said, there are threats to the lives of Russian citizens and Russian military personnel based in the southern Crimean region.

It comes on the same day that the new pro-Russian leader of Crimea, Sergey Aksyonov, asked Putin for help in maintaining peace in the Black Sea peninsula -- where Russia has a major naval base at Sevastopol.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: happyhour; obamaukraine; putin; russia; russiaambassador; ukraine; ukrainecrisis; wwiii
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To: caww

I agree caww, but it’s not about the ports, it’s about the gas and he will keep going north to secure them. I don’t disagree he needs the ports but more importantly he needs the hard currency from the gas.

Thank you for all your great work on this board.

Crosslink


281 posted on 03/01/2014 4:31:06 PM PST by crosslink (Moderates should play in the middle of a busy street)
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http://www.forbes.com/sites/katyasoldak/2014/01/30/the-russian-billionaires-who-helped-bankroll-the-worlds-most-expensive-olympics/

Putin’s Pal And The Other Billionaires Who Helped Bankroll The World’s Most Expensive Olympics


282 posted on 03/01/2014 4:31:12 PM PST by maggief
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Yes if Bambi was smart he would do what McCain said and declare this a humanitarian event and freeze those assets with help from Europe . This will stop him.


283 posted on 03/01/2014 4:33:53 PM PST by crosslink (Moderates should play in the middle of a busy street)
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To: maggief

Per Fox radio tanks in the city near the airport. I am sure those SA 400 will be set up soon and then troop transport aircraft. Text book invasion.


284 posted on 03/01/2014 4:37:49 PM PST by crosslink (Moderates should play in the middle of a busy street)
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To: maggief
UN Security Counsel meeting on Ukraine


285 posted on 03/01/2014 4:46:34 PM PST by caww
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To: maggief
Ukraine's outside WhiteHouse...


286 posted on 03/01/2014 4:49:21 PM PST by caww
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John Kerry Will be discussing the situation in Ukraine on ThisWeekABC, FaceTheNation & meetthepress tomorrow morning.

Looks like Obamas got Kerry on the proganda move.


287 posted on 03/01/2014 4:52:07 PM PST by caww
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He was for the invasion before he was against the invasion LOL


288 posted on 03/01/2014 4:56:41 PM PST by crosslink (Moderates should play in the middle of a busy street)
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Residents of Simferopol celebrate Russian troops, march and wave Crimea flags, chanting "Russia! Russia!"


289 posted on 03/01/2014 4:56:59 PM PST by caww
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LOLOL...He’s about the worst they could put on Sunday News shows.....Kerry’s only about one point away from matching Obama on his “stories” and inability to know the World Stage.

I often wonder how many frantic calls go out from this administration when there’s any crisis on the World Stage...they are clueless on their own.


290 posted on 03/01/2014 4:59:14 PM PST by caww
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To: maggief

Hannah Allam @HannahAllam
State Dept: Unless #Russia takes immed steps to deescalate tensions, effect on U.S.-Russian relations/intl standing ‘will be profound.’
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4:50 PM - 1 Mar 2014


291 posted on 03/01/2014 4:59:43 PM PST by maggief
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At least 100 armed men in uniforms w/no insignia deployed across central shopping district of Simferopol....likely Russian...smart move on Putins part not to define who they are


292 posted on 03/01/2014 5:02:22 PM PST by caww
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Kerry,Biden,Obama and rice have a international IQ at -67

Watch how Romania, Poland and some of the other nations in that region react. Also what is China thinking?


293 posted on 03/01/2014 5:03:53 PM PST by crosslink (Moderates should play in the middle of a busy street)
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To: maggief
I don't believe the State Department is doing anything but blowing smoke.....Putin knows it. Why even threaten US Russian relationships...Obama and Kerry have done plenty without this crisis to upset the US influence with any government leaders...Putin sure isn't going to care.


294 posted on 03/01/2014 5:06:22 PM PST by caww
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I don't believe the State Department is doing anything but blowing smoke.....Putin knows it. Why even threaten US Russian relationships...Obama and Kerry have done plenty without this crisis to upset the US influence with any government leaders...Putin sure isn't going to care.


295 posted on 03/01/2014 5:06:22 PM PST by caww
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Here is who they are the ak74 with the long clip gives them away.

Everyone is curious who those unmarked men in unforms that have been seen in youtube clips from the Crimea are. Courtesy of Russian blogger Lev Shlosberg who writes for the newspaper Pskovskaya Guberniya, we now have an answer: according to him they are the officers of the 76th Chernihov (Pskov) Storm Troops Division and have slowly dispersed across key choke points in Ukraine.

From his post, translated by Interpretermag.com

According to one of the participants in the operation, officers and contractors of the 76th Shock Troops Division have been re-locating to Ukrainian territory since last week. By early this week, there were already more than 100 soldiers. The last of the famous detachments was sent on Thursday, 27 February. They are fully armed, with 5,000 rounds of ammunition per person. There is one truck per 10 soldiers, and they are completely loaded with weapons including flame-throwers. Upon arrival on the territory of Ukraine, they did not report their geographical locations to people, and they were assigned local tasks. Most likely, this was Sevastopol and Simferopol. Emergency troops remain in Yysk, and did not take part in the operation. The barracks of the 76th Storm Troops Division on Margelova Street in Pskov is practically empty.

Some background on the 76th:


296 posted on 03/01/2014 5:10:55 PM PST by crosslink (Moderates should play in the middle of a busy street)
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....”Watch how Romania, Poland and some of the other nations in that region react. Also what is China thinking?”.....

They’ll not get involved but will guard their own borders....they won’t want an influx of people if people start to leave Ukraine.

China is ALWAYS watching for opportunity to make their own moves in any crisis...they like it when there’s distractions away from them for obvious reasons.

However, Russia and China have been walking hand in hand for quite awhile now...even so they are not “friends”....they both figure with the World Stage is at it’s been, and the US weakened, they fair better in joint affairs for the time being...but they both do not trust the other..nor should they.


297 posted on 03/01/2014 5:11:11 PM PST by caww
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298 posted on 03/01/2014 5:16:35 PM PST by caww
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Troops in unmarked uniforms stand guard in Balaklava on the outskirts of Sevastopol, Ukraine, Saturday, March 1, 2014. An emblem on one of the vehicles and their number plates identify them as belonging to the Russian military


299 posted on 03/01/2014 5:21:01 PM PST by caww
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300 posted on 03/01/2014 5:23:50 PM PST by caww
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