Mornin' MSteel.
Here I have some on it with what Lavrov was saying. Points out some other interesting points as well. I don't think the Eu nor the US will go for it now. They already signed some papers with the EU and are getting the Aid from the US and the IMF. Moreover earlier in the month when Ban Ki Moon went to Moscow.....back then Putin told him he would not move troops into the Ukraine.
Russia vows no Ukraine invasion as leaders seek solution.....
Russia on Saturday pledged it would not invade mainland Ukraine following its seizure of Crimea and said it favoured the ex-Soviet state becoming a federation as a way of defusing the crisis.
But telephone talks between Putin and US counterpart Barack Obama late on Friday were the latest sign of a slight lessening in tensions between Moscow and the West and a search for a mutual solution in what remains the worst East-West crisis since the Cold War.
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov hinted at what were Moscow's main demands in the negotiations -- that Ukraine should be made into a federation and commit to not joining NATO, while order should be restored to the Ukrainian capital Kiev where protesters have thronged the city centre for half a year.
He said that the West was showing openness to Russia's idea of a federalised Ukraine.
"They are listening. I can say that a federation (for Ukraine) is far from being a forbidden word in our talks," Lavrov said. "To be honest, we do not see any other path forwards for the Ukrainian state other than federalisation."
"The Russian leader suggested examining possible steps of the international community to help stabilise the situation," the Kremlin said, adding the issue would be discussed by Lavrov and US counterpart John Kerry.....snip~
http://news.yahoo.com/obama-says-russia-must-move-back-troops-003508153.html?.tsrc=telkomsel