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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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301 posted on 03/01/2014 5:23:50 PM PST by caww
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To: crosslink
Notice white knotted arm bands. Pro-Russian death squads wore those in S.Ossetia war...


302 posted on 03/01/2014 5:28:08 PM PST by caww
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Very interesting, also it is hard to be 100% sure but those look like ak74 with long clips, issued only to Russian special forces.


303 posted on 03/01/2014 5:31:29 PM PST by crosslink (Moderates should play in the middle of a busy street)
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To: caww
Russian forces blocking Ukrainian military base near Sevastopol...


304 posted on 03/01/2014 5:33:50 PM PST by caww
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To: hoosiermama; TigersEye; penelopesire; ConservativeMan55; AllAmericanGirl44; Nachum; Jet Jaguar

It appears we now know why they are supporting Putin see Caww’s post above the white banded motivators.


305 posted on 03/01/2014 5:36:12 PM PST by crosslink (Moderates should play in the middle of a busy street)
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This lady was so excited she brought out her Russian flag...clearly she saw Russian troops favorably...


306 posted on 03/01/2014 5:36:39 PM PST by caww
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Least nice Russia soldier is nice to grandma caw helping out her cross the streets


307 posted on 03/01/2014 5:40:38 PM PST by SevenofNine (We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
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To: crosslink
Russian troops in the tiny port of Balaclava this evening. About 300 of them. Calm. Disciplined.


308 posted on 03/01/2014 5:41:05 PM PST by caww
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WHOA that didn’t take long


309 posted on 03/01/2014 5:41:16 PM PST by SevenofNine (We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
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Move along Cameraman nothing to see here YEAH YOU LOL!


310 posted on 03/01/2014 5:41:55 PM PST by SevenofNine (We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
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Well, I do think most of them are naturally supporting Putin's actions...certainly in Chimea...but look up thread at the map ...it's clearly playing out as all other maps have depicted would.

Might be Eastern Ukraine will split to Russia after all...but I still say Putin would prefer stability there over war...he'll do some conceding after he takes a good portion...then it will look like he negotiated heroically...but in the end get exactly what he sought to begin with.

311 posted on 03/01/2014 5:48:53 PM PST by caww
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76th Chernihov (Pskov) Storm Troops Division


Russian airborne. Same unit from Pskov that was involved in the Vilnius massacre in 1991. Goosestepping dirt bags.


312 posted on 03/01/2014 5:49:24 PM PST by lodi90
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To: SevenofNine

Course not..It’s Putin on the move. Me thinks he had a good cover with the Sochi Olympics....while preparing for what we see happening now. But then it had to come to this...somebody has to stabilize Ukraine and it sure isn’t going to be the US or Europe. The new government, (temporary) has little clout or experience and certainly not the military force to keep “outsiders” from swarming in as they did in Syria and Egypt and every other country there.

Putin simply is not going to let that happen to his ports..period. Those are vital to his country....


313 posted on 03/01/2014 5:52:43 PM PST by caww
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Yeah that I thinking earlier Vlady may have send troops near Ukraine border after Olympics he couldn’t do that time stupid Bob Costra drive him crazy about invasion of Ukraine during Olympics

trust me Bobby would running out of Russia so was NBC Sport metrosexual complaining Vlady acting like out of control Raider fan or Eagles fan throw stuff at him in broadcast

Trust me I am Raider fan I wouldn’t throw cold hard beer at that guy waste of money LOL!


314 posted on 03/01/2014 5:56:32 PM PST by SevenofNine (We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
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To: caww
Priests standing with soldiers... outside Sevastopol


315 posted on 03/01/2014 6:00:10 PM PST by caww
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To: SevenofNine

LOL....you funny Raiders fan!


316 posted on 03/01/2014 6:01:19 PM PST by caww
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One thing they can’t say about this Raider fan she is bright and funny LOL!


317 posted on 03/01/2014 6:02:22 PM PST by SevenofNine (We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
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To: caww

Are they praying???

Sweet if they are


318 posted on 03/01/2014 6:02:46 PM PST by SevenofNine (We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
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To: crosslink

Am trying to remember my Russian history.
When Modest Mussorsky composed Pictures at an Exhibition containing “The Great Gate of Kiev” in about 1870 , Kiev was indeed considered part of the Russian motherland. I believe the natural boundaries were altered after one of the world wars. Possibly with the communist take over or the need to have a western access to the oceans
Regardless there are some people whose ancestors have been Russian for generations and are going to consider themselves Russian and want to continue the Russian rule
It’s the ukraine who may never have felt a part or under appreciated that seems to be rebelling. Unless there has been no mixed marriages in a couple hundred years, I’d say the difference between the two groups are blurry at best. May be nothing more than poor leadership at the local levels

Little night music:
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JwrqAipON2w


319 posted on 03/01/2014 6:03:30 PM PST by hoosiermama (Obama: "Born in Kenya" Lying now or then or now)
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To: SevenofNine

You totally crack me up!


320 posted on 03/01/2014 6:05:47 PM PST by Jet Jaguar
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