Posted on 04/17/2014 6:23:59 AM PDT by Fennie
MOSCOW -- President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia emphasized on Thursday that the upper chamber of the Russian Parliament had authorized him to use military force if necessary in eastern Ukraine, and also stressed Russia's historical claim to the territory, repeatedly referring to it as "new Russia" and saying that only "God knows" why it became part of Ukraine.
Speaking in a televised question-and-answer show, Mr. Putin also admitted for the first time that Russian armed forces had been deployed in Crimea, the disputed peninsula that Russia annexed last month immediately after a large majority of the population voted in a referendum to secede from Ukraine.
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unlike Øbama's press conferences /DrippingSarc
LOL!
I still have no opinion on the Crimea. (No, I’m not Paultard isolationist) The only border I’m worried about is the one we won’t defend: our southern border.
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