Russian lawmakers lined up Tuesday to lavish President Vladimir Putin with praise for recognising east Ukraine's rebel territories, in a show of loyalty as they unanimously voted to ratify the Kremlin's deals with the separatists.

Lawmakers took to the tribunes to defend Putin's move in ultra-patriotic speeches and broke into applause as they approved the agreements, which give legal cover for Russian troops to be sent in to Ukraine.

Not a single lawmaker in the lower or upper houses of parliament -- the Duma and the Federation Council -- voted against the deals with the Donetsk and Lugansk separatists.

In scenes reminiscent of Russia's 2014 annexation of Crimea, the lawmakers presented Putin's move as a major victory and backed dubious historical theories made in his national address the night before.

"Let's thank the president for his bravery, for his responsible position," Duma speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said as he opened the voting session.

A day earlier, Putin announced he was recognising the rebel republics.

The longtime leader did so at the end of an hour-long speech heavy in murky historical references.

He claimed Ukraine was "entirely created by Russia" and questioned Kyiv's right to statehood throughout his address.

Several hours later, he ordered the Russian army to send troops to eastern Ukraine to "maintain peace".

'Not scared of sanctions'

As Western countries announced new sanctions against Moscow throughout the day, lawmakers said Moscow was being unfairly punished for correcting a historical injustice.

"Moscow is not scared of any sanctions," Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko told lawmakers as he presented the deals in parliament.

Even as Russian stock markets were hit and the ruble tanked to almost 80 to a dollar, Duma speaker Volodin called on Russians to "believe in our national currency."

At one point, it seemed that one lawmaker had not voted in favour of ratifying a deal with the Lugansk People's Republic, with the Duma's voting results screen showing 399 out of 400 for it.

But soon afterwards, Communist MP Oleg Smolin owned up that he had not pressed the button in time and that he was indeed in favour.

The sessions included some of Russia's most vehemently anti-Western public speakers that have sat in parliament for years -- even decades -- within the so-called "systemic opposition" that challenges Putin domestically but supports his foreign policy.

"NATO holds us by the throat," 77-year-old Communist leader Gennady Zyuganov said in an angry speech defending Putin.

- 'What has Russia done wrong?' -

Among those who took the floor was Andrei Lugovoi -- a nationalist MP who British police believe is a suspect in the 2006 poisoning of former agent Alexander Litvinenko in London.

Lugovoi, who the UK has tried and failed to extradite to London, said that Russia "spits on the opinion of the West".

When the vote went from the Duma to the Federation Council, the upper chamber's speaker Valentina Matvienko seemed to have tears in her eyes as the deals were ratified.

"I assure you that we are ready for (Western) sanctions," she said after the vote.

A day earlier, she had been the only woman to participate in a highly unusual Kremlin security council meeting, in which officials made impassioned speeches to Putin to recognise the rebels.

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When it was her turn, 72-year-old Matvienko, who was born in Ukraine, asked: "What has Russia done wrong to Ukraine in 30 years?"

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Yankees

Na so Hitler start.

Hail to the grave.

Rubber stamp lawmakers, at least Nigerian senators have conscience than these ones.

Watch how Russia is invading Ukraine>>> https://salemgists.com/russia-invasion-of-ukraine-has-begun-as-putins-tanks-cross-border-video/

But my question is, to what end

Putin, the most powerful in the world! Amerikkanazi piss in their pants at the thought of satan 2 missiles raining hell fire on american cities

EmptyGarden:
Na so Hitler start.

Yes and Amerikka is the Hitler that will be crushed into pieces. After Judaism Washington is defeated Russia will break America into five countries for forced labor. Those vagabond Nazis will work free for the rest of the world as punishment for their altrocities

Tracka:
Rubber stamp lawmakers, at least Nigerian senators have conscience than these ones

Slave! Burn that rubbish cable in your parlor. It is turning you into a sheep

Tracka:
Rubber stamp lawmakers, at least Nigerian senators have conscience than these ones

Being patriotic and standing with your nation doesn't make you rubber stamp. People with Russian blood have been on the receiving end of brutal attacks by fascists from Ukraine for 8 years now. More than 14,000 people have been killed with the west doing nothing and even giving Ukraine more weapons to continue killing them, yet you think the Russian lawmakers agreeing to recognize the independence they've been begging for are rubber stamp?
I'm sure peace will restore now in those areas since Russia will move in peacekeeping troops at their request

useni1:
Yes and Amerikka is the Hitler that will be crushed into pieces. After Judaism Washington is defeated Russia will break America into five countries for forced labor. Those vagabond Nazis will work free for the rest of the world as punishment for their altrocities

The American populace haven't really experienced what a war looks like. Apart from when Great Britain dealt with them severely and swiftly in the war, the Americans started in 1812, burning the white house to the ground along with other major infrastructure and forced uncle sam to beg for a draw, Americans haven't really experienced their country being bombed to rubble since then. Most of them don't have that experience reason they feel it's okay to invade and burn others like Iraq, Syria, libya, afghan, Vietnam to the ground. One of these days, they will be given a taste of their own medicine and I pray it happens soon.

Who wan die? Nobody wan die na so dem gast pour am praises.
Make them start thier fight make we see who get power pass.

Righteousness2:
Putin is Very intelligent chess player.

http://en.putin.kremlin.ru/bio/page-0

Take your time to read that article. If there's one thing that God gifted putin, it is with smartness, calmness and wisdom. There's a reason he's still president till date

MangekyoAlt:

The American populace haven't really experienced what a war looks like. Apart from when Great Britain dealt with them severely and swiftly in the war, the Americans started in 1812, burning the white house to the ground along with other major infrastructure and forced uncle sam to beg for a draw, Americans haven't really experienced their country being bombed to rubble since then. Most of them don't have that experience reason they feel it's okay to invade and burn others like Iraq, Syria, libya, afghan, Vietnam to the ground. One of these days, they will be given a taste of their own medicine and I pray it happens soon.

They will never escape their karma. Retribution is coming

Righteousness2:
Putin is Very intelligent chess player.

The Bear( Russia) having seen the Disgrace, toothlessness and weakness of Nomerica in Afghanistan have been Emboldened to lift up herself.

Mystery Babylon aka the Sleeping Giant aka Nomerica aka rotten apple together with NATO will keep pushing Ukraine to War with the Bear ( Russia).
If Ukraine falls for the bait, she will be overrun.

Nomerica aka Sleeping Giant will be brought low and made totally irrelevant in world affairs.

Russia is a Major Endtimes Player and become a Great Force in world affairs but she will be brought low by GOD ALMIGHTY when she goes with the GogMagog alliance to fight Israel ( GOD'S Chosen Nation)

Let no one Deceive you, War is Coming! Because Bible Prophecies must be Fulfilled!

What anyone who Values his/her soul should do is to Ensure you have a Genuie relationship with JESUS Christ because the RAPTURE is at Hand!

You know nothing, you are just a brainwashed church fella, I pity the members that look up to you, you must have turned them Into zombie, especially those that do not have access to the internet.
You need Serious DELiVERANCE!

Our own ex president from our beloved South West Nigeria, Obasanjo claimed every country needs a rebel. Meanwhile, Ukraine had been busy since 2015, killing their own rebels brutally with the help of US/NATO weapons. The Russian government recognized the independence of these rebels as a state as per it has been their wish since the Ukrainians started cracking down on them, yet the western government are imposing sanctions on them.
This is a clear attack on our believe and it should NOT go unpunished!
We the Nigerian Youths stand in solidarity with the Russians against all forms of western aggression, propaganda, hypocrisy and double standards. We the Nigerian youths hereby request and appeal to our government to send some of our young, skillful, battle tested and veteran troops to those new rebel states to restore normalcy there. There's no doubt that when the ever aggressive NATO sees our gallant troops in those regions and also on Russian soil, they will be forced to rethink their planned invasion of Russia.
We the Nigerian youths lastly, call upon the buhari administration to please cut all ties with Britain, USA, and other fascist countries from the west.
It is obvious we will be better aligned with the russians/Chinese who have never done any harm to us.

What do you expect them to do? If they don't praise him or vote for a military intervention into Ukraine, they will be poisoned or fall from a window.

They did it out of fear, not because it is the right thing to do.

Countries and leaders usually react to humiliation in one of two ways — aggression or introspection. After China experienced what it called a “century of humiliation” from the West, it responded under Deng Xiaoping by essentially saying: “We’ll show you. We’ll beat you at your own game.”

When Putin felt humiliated by the West after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the expansion of NATO, he responded: “I’ll show you. I’ll beat up Ukraine.”

Yes, it’s all more complicated than that, but my point is this: This is Putin’s war. He’s a bad leader for Russia and its neighbors.
But America and NATO are not just innocent bystanders in his evolution.

When a major conflict like Ukraine breaks out, journalists always ask themselves: “Where should I station myself?” Kyiv? Moscow? Munich? Washington? In this case, my answer is none of these.
The only place to be for understanding this war is inside Russian President Vladimir Putin’s head. Putin is the most powerful, unchecked Russian leader since Stalin, and the timing of this war is a product of his ambitions, strategies and grievances.

But, with all of that said, America is not entirely innocent of fueling his fires.

How so? Putin views Ukraine’s ambition to leave his sphere of influence as both a strategic loss and a personal and national humiliation.
In his speech on Monday, Putin literally said Ukraine has no claim to independence, but is instead an integral part of Russia, its people are “connected with us by blood, family ties.” Which is why Putin’s onslaught against Ukraine’s freely elected government feels like the geopolitical equivalent of an honor killing.

Putin is basically saying to Ukrainians (more of whom want to join the European Union than NATO): “You fell in love with the wrong guy.
You will not run off with either NATO or the E.U. And if I have to club your government to death and drag you back home, I will

This fight these countries are looking for, how I wish you people will burn your countries to ashes. Africa has their multiple problems to deal with. Make una kill una selves over there.

Iguqola:
Make war no start oh. Abeg.

Thank you.
Dem don hear your beg.
No war again.

Thanks for settling the war Iguqola.
Na man u be

Lol.... that is how totalitarian works.... Everyone must consent....

Death ☠️ to all western hypocrites

Righteousness2:
Putin is Very intelligent chess player.

The Bear( Russia) having seen the Disgrace, toothlessness and weakness of Nomerica in Afghanistan have been Emboldened to lift up herself.

Mystery Babylon aka the Sleeping Giant aka Nomerica aka rotten apple together with NATO will keep pushing Ukraine to War with the Bear ( Russia).
If Ukraine falls for the bait, she will be overrun.

Nomerica aka Sleeping Giant will be brought low and made totally irrelevant in world affairs.

Russia is a Major Endtimes Player and become a Great Force in world affairs but she will be brought low by GOD ALMIGHTY when she goes with the GogMagog alliance to fight Israel ( GOD'S Chosen Nation)

Let no one Deceive you, War is Coming! Because Bible Prophecies must be Fulfilled!

What anyone who Values his/her soul should do is to Ensure you have a Genuie relationship with JESUS Christ because the RAPTURE is at Hand!

Apt and valid. A Bible scholar indeed.

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MangekyoAlt:

http://en.putin.kremlin.ru/bio/page-0

Take your time to read that article. If there's one thing that God gifted putin, it is with smartness, calmness and wisdom. There's a reason he's still president till date

You’re right

Hmmmm

Tracka:
Rubber stamp lawmakers, at least Nigerian senators have conscience than these ones.

Watch how Russia is invading Ukraine>>> https://salemgists.com/russia-invasion-of-ukraine-has-begun-as-putins-tanks-cross-border-video/

But my question is, to what end

No they dont, the only one that did was told to shut up by female tinubush