While the Olympics were taking place in Sochi Russian president and autocrat Vladimir Putin was starting to invade Ukraine. Last Wednesday Putin put 150000 troops on high alert for battle near the border with Ukraine. On Saturday the upper house of the Russian parliament (Duma) the Federation Council unanimously approved Putins request to use force in Ukraine and deploy additional troops to the Crimean peninsula.
Putin claims the troops are being sent there to stabilize the socio-political situation in the country. However many believe that Putin is deliberately stirring up unrest in order to justify sending in the military. Masked men dressed in black carrying AK-47s have been spotted in the streets but its not clear whether they are real protesters or a plant from Putin to create the appearance of a crisis.
Putin originally became Russian president as part of the new non-communist era Russia but has proven that he is not a real reformer reverting to many of his KGB thug ways. Putin worked for the KGB for 16 years under communism. His grandfather was a cook for previous communist leaders Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin. Putins father is described as a model communist." Putin has said he spent the best part of his life with the KGB which made it a difficult choice to leave the KGB when the organization turned on Soviet president and reformer Mikhail Gorbachev.