Putin has to request parliamentary approval for any use of Russian troops abroad, according to the Russian constitution
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Russia's upper house of parliament has granted President Vladimir Putin authorisation to deploy the country's air force to Syria, according to the head of presidential administration. Sergey Ivanov said on Wednesday that the Federation Council backed Putin's request for approval unanimously. "The operation's military goal is exclusively air support of the Syrian armed forces in their…
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