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Putin asks parliament for right to use Russian military abroad Russian parliament grants Putin right to use military abroad
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The Russian Senate is now considering the authorization of the president’s request for military deployment After discussing the situation in Donbass, the Senate has authorized the president’s request
President Vladimir Putin has requested the upper chamber of the Russian parliament to use the country’s armed forces abroad, the Senate speaker said on Tuesday, adding that the legislature will announce its decision shortly. The upper house of Russia’s parliament has granted permission for the country’s military to be deployed abroad, following a request on Tuesday from President Vladimir Putin.
The request has been already weighed by the Senate’s committees, the Speaker of the Russian Federation Council, Valentina Matvienko, has said. The meeting of the Russian Senate is being broadcast live. The decision was taken after Russia recognized the breakaway Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics in eastern Ukraine.
Ahead of the vote, representatives of the committees said they supported the authorization, suggesting that the troops could be sent to Donbass as peacekeepers. Valentina Matvienko, the Speaker of the Russian Federation Council, said the troops would “create normal conditions for people’s lives and ensure security” there.
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