re: #27 Dr Lizardo

According to German Chancellor Merkel, Putin wants an end to the violence in Ukraine. Perhaps he’s concerned about a civil war on his borders as well, or maybe he’s thinking that Yanukovych has become too much of a liability, and a more “acceptable” toady needs to be installed, with concessions made to the protesters.

abcnews.go.com

I suspect that Putin’s “end the violence” solution is for the protesters to go home, leave his puppet president undisturbed, and be good little citizen drones.