Requesting additional permission from the Federation Council for the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in Nagorno-Karabakh is related to the duration and scale of this peacekeeping mission.
The statement came from Russian President's Spokesman Dmitry Peskov, Gadin.Net reports quoting TASS. He recalled that in 2015, the Federation Council adopted a decision on the use of Russian military personnel abroad, which in turn created a legal basis for the president to make an operational decision. "However, given the fact that we have a five-year period ahead of us (meaning the peacekeeping mission in Karabakh - ed.), The scale, responsibility and possibility of this mission can be extended, the Federation Council was asked for additional permission," Peskov said.