(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) Russia's upper house of parliament has approved President Putin's request for Russian forces to be used in Ukraine. He had asked that Russian forces be used "until the normalisation of the political situation in the country", reported the BBC. Russia's Black Sea Fleet is based in the Ukrainian region of Crimea, where many ethnic Russians live. Ukraine's acting President Olexander Turchynov said he had put the army on full alert but urged people to remain calm. In a televised address, he asked Ukrainians to bridge divisions in the country and said they must not fall for provocations. Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, who was standing next to Turchynov, said he was "convinced" Russia would not intervene militarily "as this would be the beginning of war and the end of all relations".
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