Russia's Putin seeks parliamentary approval to deploy forces abroad - Kremlin

Reuters
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has asked the country's parliament to authorize the deployment of Russian troops abroad, the Kremlin said in a statement on Wednesday.
The last time the Russian parliament granted Putin the right to deploy troops abroad, a requirement under Russian law, Moscow seized Crimea, wresting it away from Ukraine in 2014.
(Reporting by Alexander Winning and Gabriela Baczynska; Editing by Andrew Osborn)
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