UPDATE: March 1, 10:21 am EST: The upper house approved the use of force in the Ukraine
Russian senators applaud themselves for passing legislation to send Russian troops to Ukrainepic.twitter.com/nvvYE5cVLk
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KIEV, Ukraine – Tensions escalated in Crimea on Saturday as Russian President Vladimir Putin asked his upper house of parliament to approve the use of armed forces in the autonomous republic, heeding the call by its newly appointed prime minister for him to intervene and stoking fears of an Abkhazia scenario, in which Moscow would invade the territory with its troops as it did previously in Georgia. Read more…
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