re: #95 Killgore Trout

No it was an actual plan, they were laying the groundwork for it…..

Yes, I read the article. They were working on a plan, but the article does not say the plan was to cut out the EU. From earlier than your excerpt:

In the tape, the two officials discuss a plan to broker a deal between the Ukrainian government led by Viktor Yanukovich and the Ukrainian opposition, which is led in part by former boxer Vitali Klitschko.