etaepsilonk wrote: Sevastopol is out of question, the fleet can comfortably sit there until 2050 already.
But without new ships. And the issue is not related to Sevastopol but to the entire BSF asset (Novorossiysk would be the same).
etaepsilonk wrote: Any relations with GTS are unlikely. With "streams" and expanding LNG facilities, the Ukrainian pipes are slowly becoming of less relevance.
agree
etaepsilonk wrote: Promise "not to join EU" is unreliable.
Uh? Agree of course.
etaepsilonk wrote: Recognition of Ossetia and Abhazia? Probably not
Insignificant IMO
etaepsilonk wrote:I really struggle to see any offerings, other than joining Customs Union, to be honest
Yanuk cannot (doesn't want to) do such a promise
According to regnum.ru here is the list (without details of course, copy and paste English translation)
By the end of the sixth session of the Russian-Ukrainian Interstate Commission, which took place today, December 17, signed 14 documents, reports IA REGNUM .
1. Minutes of the sixth meeting of the Russian-Ukrainian Interstate Commission.
2. Russian-Ukrainian plan activities for joint celebration of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Taras Shevchenko in 2014
3. Action Plan for the settlement of trade restrictions in bilateral trade between the Russian Federation and Ukraine for 2013-2014.
4. Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on the implementation of measures of state support for the resumption of normal production aircraft An-124 with D-18 and their modifications.
5. Protocol between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on the supply of goods for industrial cooperation in 2014.
6. Memorandum of understanding to enhance cooperation in the field of shipbuilding between the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Industrial Policy of Ukraine.
7. Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on joint action by organizing the construction of transport crossing through the Kerch Strait.
8. Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident and the exchange of information in the field of nuclear and radiation safety.
9. Protocol between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on the definition of the checkpoint on the Russian-Ukrainian state border "Kujbyshevo" for joint control of the supervisory bodies of the Parties.
10. Protocol between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on Amendments to the Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on cooperation in joint control of persons, vehicles and goods in the Ukrainian-Russian state border.
11. Agreement on Cooperation between the Federal Service of the Russian Federation for Drug Control Service of Ukraine and the State Drug Control.
12. Joint action plan of the Ministry of Civil Defence, Emergencies and Disaster Relief of the Russian Federation and the State Service of Ukraine of Emergencies in the context of an intergovernmental agreement on cooperation in the prevention of industrial accidents, natural disasters and elimination of their consequences.
13. Memorandum of Understanding between the Federal Space Agency (Russian Federation) and the National Space Agency of Ukraine on cooperation in the field of aerospace industry.
14. Additions to the contract dated 19 January 2009 between the open joint stock company " Gazprom "and the National Joint Stock Company" Naftogaz of Ukraine "buying and selling natural gas in 2009-2019
Would be nice to have some other members opinion about that content.