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.
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Oh so true JJ
Vlady really tick me off during Olympics how come he didn’t throw Bob Costra until Russia gulug
That be greatest sport you tube ever
Notice the imitation of church bells at the beginning of the piece. A very religious Orthodox country that does not get along with the Muslims
II Remember Putin is orthodox. Read something recently about how many churches he has rebuilt in Russia
Putin has and continues to favor the Orthodox church...but not because he’s religious by any means...he has recognized to gain the people you have to appeal to their hearts...not just with a stick....so he’s been building them to gain favor with the population..and it’s worked very well for him.
Even so, make no mistake...Putin is ALWAYS out for personal gain and is fully a nationalist to his Mother Russia. He’s still a thug but he generally does that behind closed doors and out of the political repercussions. He’s had a full tilt public relations working overtime for him for a long while now...and that’s working for him as well.
BTW...Obama time and again has handed Putin everything we see him gain in popularity on the world stage. Egypt, Syria the Olympics etc. etc. So I can’t blame the thug for grabbing what he can while the gettings good....he does so because he can.
That lots of ships in that area
What I understand Crimea go back to Tsar days
Can you post the real reason Putin wants all of Ukraine the gas map from yesterday. Thanks
Yep...Putins just not going to give ground there, though he may re-negotiate terms as before, if push comes to shove...but I doubt that...he’s on the move and knows nobody can stop him. Still he’s made such a World Stage Presence these past few years, and built credibility, (with one eye open) among nation leaders I’m not sure he’ll sacrifice that entirely so will make some concessions in order to sustain his popularity.
If they’re worried about “Territorial Integrity”, they’d give Lwow back to Poland.
That is awesome
“That is the official propaganda photographer.”
Notice how the community organizer is pictured all by himself as if he’s in control of the situation.
The Thug-in-Chief is probably thinking how he can have thousands of white Christian killed, ie Russians and Ukraines.
When I was in high school one of our teachers was fluent in Russia. He was airforce and came fo this country aa a baby. He also did some work for the CIA. One day he got a phone call and left for a couple of weeks
When he came back we were of course courious.
His reply to our questions was he had been a tourist and was visiting “family”. The unclassified part he could share. The Russians were building a canal starting in Moscow toward the sea. We had quite a conversation /lesson on why this was important to them : security, commerce, culture etc
They could not gain world statice without it. There is no way they will ever give that up. It would be like us succeeding California
O is so stupid. He can’t even choose winnable battles
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