Putin made in his press conference speech at the Economic Forum in St Petersburg a reference that the Ukraine should do the "special zone for the mercenaries constitutional changes" in order to get talks going--BUT he kept also referring to his form of "federalization" and claiming that the Ukraine was doing nothing on their side.

Seems that in fact the Ukraine submitted their proposed "decentralization plans" to the Venice Commission for review ------

Take note, Russia: Venice comm on Ukraine draft const amdmts: a few chgs, but gen "well drafted & deserve support" http://www.venice.coe.int/webforms/d...-PI(2015)008-e …

Appears that Putin was "lying again".