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Russia Urges West to Back 'Federal' Solution for Ukraine
2014-03-31
[An Nahar] Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Sunday called on Western powers to back a proposal for Ukraine's Russian-speaking regions to have greater powers in a "federal" structure.

"If our Western partners are ready, then Russia, the United States and the European Union
...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing...
could form a support group on Ukraine and formulate shared appeals to those now in power in Kiev," Lavrov said in an interview with Russian state television
... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe?
This would lead to talks between "all Ukrainian political forces without exception, naturally excluding armed radicals" and would end in a new constitution allowing for a "federal structure" with greater regional autonomy, he said.

The interview was broadcast as Lavrov was due to meet U.S. Secretary of State John F. I was in Vietnam, you know Kerry
Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a lucky hat, conqueror of Cambodia, and current Secretary of State...
for hastily arranged talks in Gay Paree later Sunday.

Russia backs the idea of greater regional autonomy because millions of Russian speakers are concentrated in Ukraine's eastern regions as well as in Crimea.

This would "protect the rights of those who live in Ukraine, primarily of course the Russian population which is important to us," Lavrov said.

Lavrov acknowledged that his first talks with Ukraine's interim foreign minister Andriy Deshchytsya last week ended without any agreement on Moscow's federalization plan.

"Andriy Deshchytsya said our proposal was unacceptable because federalization contradicts the basic principles of Ukraine's state structure."

"I don't understand why. I don't know any such principles," Lavrov said.

He added that Deshchytsya also rejected a proposal to make Russian the second official language in Ukraine.

Addressing fears of Russia's massing troops on Ukraine's borders, Lavrov said that "we do not pursue any evil designs and are open to honest talks as before."
Posted by:Fred

#7  As per FREEREPUBLIC, the Ukraine has repor now proposed a plan for national CONFEDERATION = CONFEDERATED UNION wid Russia.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2014-03-31 21:59  

#6  See also TOPIX > [St. Petersburg Times] OBAMA HAS NO RUSSIA POLICY. US AT A LOSS FOR SOUND RESPONSE TO RUSSIA'S RESURGENCE IN EURASIA.

Again, iff the Bammer is a anti-US OWG Globalist, his job is to NOT [seriously?] respond or retaliate to what Russia + China + Iran, etc. OWG "Co-Superpowers" do agz US interests.

Lest we fergit, 1990's CLINTONISM = "THE US-N-ONLY-THE-US HAS TO BE RESTRAINED OR CONTROLLED".

D *** NG IT, ITS ONLY BEEN 13-1/2 YEARS SINCE BILL LEFT OFFICE - WHATS THE HOLD-UP!?

THe Pacific may matter more to mainstream Amerika because it is where the Globies intend to force the US to unilaterally give up SOVEREIGN US TERRITORIES.

GUAM-CNMI-WESTPAC? HAWAII US STATE? 1/2 MORE OF CONUS-NORAM? AND WIDOUT US VOTER/ELECTORAL CONSENT.

NOW COMETHS ALASKA???

* IIRC BIGNEWSNETWORK > RUSSIAN/SIBERIA MAYOR
WANTS "HOLY ISLAND" BACK FROM THE US.

ITS WHAT BULK FEMA-LED PURCHASES OF HOLLOW-POINT BULLETS + ARMED DOMESTIC DRONES, ETC. ARE FOR.

What part of the above did we not understand back in Bill's tenure???

* SAME > [India.com] NATO TO STRENGTHEN EAST IN FACE OF RESURGENT RUSSIA.

* BHARAT RAKSHAK > MEDVEDEV: RUSSIA TO TURN CRIMEA INTO SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE.

* SAME > [Guardian.UK] RUSSIA SETS TERMS OF [East, South] UKRAINE DEAL AS 40,000 TROOPS MASS AT BORDER.

RELATED ...
> CNN.COM = GERMANY: PUTIN SAYS HE'S PULLING OUT SOME TROOPS [Battalion's worth] FROM UKRAINIAN BORDER.
> FREEREPUBLIC = [EU Observer] GERMANY [Air Force] READY TO REINFORCE NATO-RUSSIA BORDER.

Taken collectively, I interprete the above to mean or infer that RUSSIA WANTS ITS GITMO-IN-THE-BLACK SEA/UKRAINE, + WILL NOT TAKE "NO" FOR AN ANSWER FROM THE US-WEST.

As far as Vlad = Russia is concerned, the Crimea is non-negotiable as per the Kerry-Lavrov talks in regards to Russian control of same.

RUSSIA WANTS THE CRIMEA AS INVINCIBLE OR STOLID FORTRESS = HEDGE AGZ RISING NUCLEAR ISLAM = SOON-TO-BE-NUCLEAR MUSLIM NATIONS + POSSIBLY EVEN RADICAL ISLAM'S HARD BOYZ.

THE KERRY-LAVROV TALKS ARE DESIRED MAINLY TO DISCUSS HOW NATO-EU + RUSSIA [Eurasian Customs Union], I.E. "OWG GLOBAL JUDEOCHRISTIAN BLOC" SO TO SPEAK, CAN MILPOL OR GEOPOL COOPER + "SHARE" THE REMAINDER OF THE UKRAINE PROPER TO THE MUTUAL BENEFIT OF ALL CAMPS.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2014-03-31 20:30  

#5  Object lesson on why a democracy is an inferior form of government to a republic of laws, where individuals hold the rights, not whoever can generate the largest mob.
Posted by: OldSpook   2014-03-31 11:10  

#4  We wish to "protect the rights of those who live in Ukraine, primarily of course the Russian population which is important to us"

And of course, you need to understand where those populations are in Europe. Let me direct you to the map we are using.

Yes that is right, no more Ukraine, Belarus, Poland and all those other pesky little countries.

Posted by: Putin, Oppressor of the Weak   2014-03-31 10:59  

#3  ...soon to be followed by the Nueces River for Mexico.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2014-03-31 07:36  

#2  Dnepr border?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2014-03-31 04:45  

#1  Black Sea Super-FTZ-SEZ, vee the EU + Putin's proposed "Eurasian Customs Union".


Personally I blame STAR WARS, i.e. Mos Eisley Spaceport.

* E.G. GROONG > ASKHAR AKAYEV: [Econ] INTEGRATION WILL BRING [raise]CIS STATES TO WORLD LEVEL.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2014-03-31 02:58  

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