Not only that but he is going to win and get what he wants with little or
no opposition.
PI
On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 4:13 AM, <[email protected]> wrote:
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> Another reason to believe Putin is an narcissistic sociopath
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> Kremlin Says It Won't Ignore Crimean PM's Call For Help
> http://www.rferl.org/content/ukraine-crimea-forces-russian/25281291.html
> By RFE/RL
> Last updated (GMT/UTC): 01.03.2014 11:46
>
> Russian President Vladimir Putin's office says Moscow will not ignore a
> request for peacekeeping support made by Serhiy Aksyonov, the pro-Russian
> prime minister of Ukraine's Crimea region.
>
> Aksyonov appealed to Putin for help on March 1, and also also declared
> that all military, police, border guards, and security services in Crimea
> should answer only to his orders. He said commanders who disagree should
> resign.
>
> He said commanders who disagree should resign.
>
> Aksyonov also declared a referendum of the peninsula's future had been
> pushed forward by nearly two months to March 30.
>
> Speaking on March 1 at the first cabinet session of his newly established
> Crimean regional government, Aksyonov said the referendum was being
> expedited "due to necessity."
>
> Voters will be asked whether they agree with the statement: "The
> Autonomous Republic of Crimea has state independence and is a part of
> Ukraine on the basis of agreements and accords."
>
> Aksyonov was appointed on February 27 by the Crimean parliament amid
> soaring tensions with the new Ukrainian leadership that took power in Kyiv
> last week.
>
> Russia's State Duma has asked Putin to "take measures to stabilize the
> situation" in Crimea and "use all available means to protect the people of
> Crimea from tyranny and violence."
>
> Duma Speaker Sergei Naryshkin said the Duma Council adopted an appeal on
> March 1 urging Putin to take action. It also said legitimate, democratic
> elections in Ukraine were now impossible.
>
> Naryshkin said Russian lawmakers were concerned about reports of "unknown
> armed individuals" attempting to take over local government buildings in
> Simferopol.
>
> Armed men believed to be Russian troops deployed at key airports in Crimea
> on February 28. On March 1, the airspace around Simferopol International
> Airport in Crimea was reportedly closed.
>
> Meanwhile, there were reports overnight of Russian transport aircraft
> carrying hundreds on Russian soldiers into those facilities.
>
> At a cabinet meeting in Kyiv on March 1, Ukrainian Defense Minister Ihor
> Tenyukh accused Russia of sending 6,000 troops and 30 armored personnel
> carriers into Crimea since February 28 "without warning or Ukraine's
> permission, in defiance of the principle of noninfringement of state
> borders."
>
> For his part, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk issued a new
> appeal for Russia to halt all of its military movements in Crimea.
>
> Yatsenyuk also said Ukraine refused to respond with force to Russian
> "provocations."
>
> Speaking during a televised cabinet meeting in Kyiv, Yatsenyuk said that
> "the inadequate presence of Russian troops on Ukrainian territory is a
> provocation, and Russian attempts to make Ukraine react with force have
> failed."
>
> UDAR party Vitali Klitschko called on Russia to "build ties with Ukraine
> on the basis of mutual respect, not on the basis of force."
>
> Acting Ukrainian President Oleksandr Turchynov has accused Russia of
> aggression in Crimea and called on Putin to stop "provocations" and pull
> back military forces.
>
> Obama: Crimea Will 'Cost' Kremlin
>
> U.S. President Barack Obama has warned "there will be costs" for Moscow
> for any Russian military intervention in Ukraine.
>
> Obama added, "we are now deeply concerned by reports of military movements
> taken by the Russian Federation inside of Ukraine."
>
> On February 28, officials of Ukraine's new government accused Russian
> troops of launching an illegal military operation in Crimea and seizing
> airports in Simferopol and Sevastopol.
>
> A Ukrainian government official in Kyiv also said that 13 Russian planes
> had landed at an airport in Sevastopol.
>
> The official said the planes carried a total of some 2,000 soldiers. That
> report has not been independently confirmed.
>
> Russian Ambassador to the UN Vitaly Churkin would not confirm or deny the
> reports of Russian soldiers involved in those actions at the airports or
> other places in Crimea.
>
> Ukraine has officially protested to Russia over alleged violations of
> Ukrainian airspace by Russian aircraft on the Crimean Peninsula.
>
> An Al-Jazeera reporter said some mobile-phone and SMS access provided by
> UKRTelekom was not available in Crimea. The reporter added that the local
> TV and radio station TRK Krim is surrounded by armed gunmen.
>
> Russia's Black Sea Fleet, which is based in the Crimean port of
> Sevastopol, said all movements of its forces in Crimea were carried out in
> accordance with its basing agreement with Ukraine.
>
> Churkin reiterated that claim to reporters at the United Nations.
>
> With reporting by Reuters, AP, AFP, ITAR-TASS, Interfax, and UNIAN
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