Putin Backs Away From Formal Authorization Of Ukraine Intervention
Jun 24, 2014, 16:32 IST
Thomson Reuters
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The upper house of Russia's parliament, the Federation Council, will on Wednesday revoke a resolution authorizing military intervention in Ukraine at President Vladimir Putin's request, the Interfax agency reported, citing the deputy head of the chamber's international affairs committee, Andrei Klimov.Advertisement
Russian agencies reported earlier that Putin had submitted a request for the resolution to be revoked, citing the president's spokesman, Dmitry Peskov.