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Putin Backs Away From Formal Authorization Of Ukraine Intervention

Putin Backs Away From Formal Authorization Of Ukraine Intervention
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Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting of the presidential council on science and education at the Kremlin in Moscow, June 23, 2014. REUTERS/Alexei Druzhinin/RIA Novosti/Kremlin

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Russian President Putin chairs a meeting of the presidential council on science and education at the Kremlin in Moscow

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.

Russian agencies reported earlier that Putin had submitted a request for the resolution to be revoked, citing the president's spokesman, Dmitry Peskov.

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