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 ...
http://www.wltx.com/story/news/nation/2014/03/01/congress-russia-sanctions/5928599/
Members of Congress, most of whom had left Washington for the weekend, responded in kind but stopped short of advocating any direct military action.
The ranking Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee, called for immediate sanctions against Russia.
“Vladimir Putin is seizing a neighboring territory — again — so President Obama must lead a meaningful, unified response,” Corker said in a statement.
Rep. Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., took a different approach, advocating for “a robust international economic assistance package” — including loan guarantees — for Ukraine. Engel, the ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Relations Committee, said the Russian parliament’s moves “are acts of aggression that violate Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.”
Rep. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., another member of the committee, went further. Not only should the United States recall its ambassador to Russia, he said, but it should revoke visas and freeze assets of anyone associated with the Putin regime, supply military assistance to Ukraine and boot Russia from the G-8 group of industrialized nations.
Cotton’s statement also revealed a bit of domestic politics, blaming “President Obama’s trembling inaction” for the crisis. Cotton, who’s running for a Senate seat, compared Russian aggression in Crimea to the German annexation of Austria in 1938 and suggested that U.S. officials were downplaying the seriousness of the situation.
Democrats, however, said Putin alone was responsible for the crisis. Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., tweeted, “Situation in Ukraine is now very grave. Putin is playing (with) fire in the Crimea.”
Shouldn’t be surprising really....we are watching the “sides” being chosen among the powers at hand...they are not going to get the Chimea people to side with Ukrainian’s desire to go Europe. They are clearly loyal to Russia if they have a choice in the matter.
Shouldn’t be surprising really....we are watching the “sides” being chosen among the powers at hand...they are not going to get the Chimea people to side with Ukrainian’s desire to go Europe. They are clearly loyal to Russia if they have a choice in the matter.
10.14pm GMT
Here is the full statement from Putin’s office on his call with Obama.
In response to the concern shown by Obama about the plans for the possible use of Russia’s armed forces on the territory of Ukraine, Putin drew attention to the provocative, criminal actions by ultra-nationalists, in essence encouraged by the current authorities in Kiev,” the statement said.
The Russian President underlined that there are real threats to the life and health of Russian citizens and compatriots on Ukrainian territory. Vladimir Putin stressed that if violence spread further in the eastern regions of Ukraine and in Crimea, Russia reserves the right to protect its interests and those of Russian speakers living there
Sky News: U.S. will suspend participation in preparatory meetings for G8 summit in Sochi
https://twitter.com/SkyNewsBreak/status/439888848408293376
I see where this is going, Eastern Ukraine and Crimea gobbled up by Russia, like they did in Georgia.
I agree with your first statement about the world wanting to have stability I do not on the second, they sacked the premier of the Crimea this week and the unrest is provided curtesy of the KGB and Putin .
Russia Ups the Ante in Crimea by Sending in the ‘Night Wolves’
The leader of Russia’s favored nationalist biker gang lands in Crimea amid rumors of a Russian takeover of this autonomous Ukrainian republic
Read more: Ukraine: Russia Ups the Ante in Crimea | TIME.com http://world.time.com/2014/02/28/crimea-russia-putin-night-wolves/#ixzz2ujsNtSt0
a minute ago Russian Parliament is going to discuss a bill that would allow Russian Federation to annex a territory by a request of a regional government - without a vote in a region being annexed. source, bill text in Russian /u/Aesteral
Guardian:
10.39pm GMT Latest developments
President Obama has warned Russia of political and economic isolation.
President Putin has insisted on his right to defend ethnic Russians in Ukraine.
The Ukrainian ambassador to the UN has said there are now 15,000 new Russian troops in Crimea.
This would be funny if it wasn’t so serious. If this was a basketball game Bambi 1 Putin 323 and it is only halftime.
This is all scripted and Putin is sitting in the directors chair.
Just wow!
6:00 talking points for press
Taugh phone call between Bambi and Putin 90 mins (Putin put on mute giggled
Putin was told this is unacceptable ( giggle )
Ethnic region is supporting Russia ( show pictures of happy people)
Amb Bolton coming up on Fox that will be fun
Only if they are willing to take DNA test to see who the real man is!
That is the official propaganda photographer.
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