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Obama to Putin: U.S. Will Punish Russia for Ukraine Vote
NBC ^ | 3/16/2014

Posted on 03/16/2014 10:27:17 PM PDT by South40

President Obama warned Vladimir Putin of "additional costs" for Russia after a weekend referendum to separate Crimea from the Ukraine went forward.

In a phone call between the leaders on Sunday, Obama told the Russian president that the U.S. and its allies were "prepared to impose additional costs on Russia for its actions."

And the U.S. signaled it could act as soon as Monday to impose sanctions against Russia for its incursion into Crimea, and for conducting the referendum while occupying troops were in place. The referendum to break Crimea away from Ukraine and make it a part of Russia reportedly passed overwhelmingly although the U.S. and other Western nations have rejected the legitimacy of the vote.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: eu; infiltrated; natopuppet; soros
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To: 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten

Putin doubted it otherwise he would not have invaded Crimea.


41 posted on 03/17/2014 5:24:09 AM PDT by Red White and Blue patriot (USA all the way. Love it or Leave it. Better dead than Red. Putin = Hitler 2014)
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To: dsrtsage

“I’m crushing your head !”


42 posted on 03/17/2014 11:21:09 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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