“But meanwhile, it is precisely in these seemingly calm days and hours that a lot, if not everything, is being decided. Negotiations are underway on a formula for exiting the protracted political crisis: negotiations between the government and the opposition, negotiations between various groups within the government itself, negotiations between different forces within the opposition camp, and finally, negotiations between Ukrainian politicians representing all sides of the conflict and representatives of foreign powers - the USA, Europe, Russia.
Including in Sochi. Putin and President Yanukovych met there, whose power is slowly beginning to slip out of his hands. The most important question is: what did he, Yanukovych, return home with?”