Bravo! RT @UkraineInEurope Aksenov has usurped power proclaiming himself PM of #Crimea. In 2010 his pro-Russia party polled 4,02% of votes!
— Yannis Koutsomitis (@YanniKouts) March 1, 2014
Unanimous vote in #Russia's Federation Council to send Russian troops to #Ukraine.
— Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) March 1, 2014
#Russian Federation Council describes the events in the #Ukraine as coup d'etat- live |PR
— Euromaidan PR (@EuromaidanPR) March 1, 2014
Deputy FedCom speaker Yuri Vorobyov: "We know that Maidan fighters active in Kiev and elsewhere were trained in Lithuania and Poland"
— max seddon (@maxseddon) March 1, 2014
I just want one Federation Council member to voice disagreement. Just one. #Ukraine
— Julia Ioffe (@juliaioffe) March 1, 2014
Russia's Senate reanimates World War II narrative, senators talk about needed "war against fascism in Ukraine". pic.twitter.com/DCCDykfv8T
— Maxim Eristavi (@MaximEristavi) March 1, 2014
You spend years trying to dissuade people to talk in Cold War stereotypes and then you watch a parliament session like this. No words.
— Shaun Walker (@shaunwalker7) March 1, 2014
BREAKING: #Russia's upper house of parliament approves decision to use Russian troops on #Ukraine territory, @Reuters reports.
— Carl Fridh Kleberg (@CFKlebergTT) March 1, 2014
Matviyenko: We will urgently appeal to Putin to recall ambassador from US
— Leonid Ragozin (@leonidragozin) March 1, 2014
#Russian parliament announced war to #ukraine with NO REASON. we can't believe, can't grasp, a nightmare with NO REASON,it can't be true,but
— Nataliya Gumenyuk (@ngumenyuk) March 1, 2014