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Tensions Rise Between Ukraine And Russia Over Crimea
Reuters | by Pavel Polityuk and Alissa de Carbonnel
Posted: 03/01/2014 10:15 am EST Updated: 03/01/2014 10:31 am EST
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MOSCOW, March 1 (Reuters) - Russia's upper house of parliament on Saturday approved a proposal by President Vladimir Putin to deploy Russian armed forces in Ukraine's Crimea region.
The Federation Council voted overwhelmingly to back a proposal to use "the armed forces of the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine until the normalisation of the socio-political situation in that country."
It said the decision took effect immediately.
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