Matviyenko sure Federation Council permission to send troops to Ukraine won't be used
ST. PETERSBURG. April 18 (Interfax) - Federation Council Chairperson Valentina Matviyenko is confident that Russian President Vladimir Putin will not have to use the Federation Council's permission to send troops to Ukraine for protecting the civilian population.
"I am positive that will not be necessary. The Geneva meeting mapped out ways to resolve the Ukrainian crisis (...) I very much hope that this permission [of the Federation Council to send troops to Ukraine] will not be used," Matviyenko told a press conference in St. Petersburg on Friday.
The Ukrainian crisis should be resolved exclusively in the dialogue between the authorities and society and the search for compromises for the sake of peace and stability in the country, she stressed.