Russia publishes full text of memorandum on peace with Ukraine

According to RIA Novosti, at the second round of negotiations in Istanbul, Türkiye on June 2, the Russian delegation announced proposals (memorandum) on resolving the Ukraine crisis. The memorandum consists of 3 parts.

The main provisions include: International legal recognition of the accession of Crimea, Lugansk, Donetsk, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions to Russia; declaration of Ukraine's neutrality, refusal to participate in military alliances; prohibition of military activities of other states in Ukraine; nuclear-free status of Ukraine; creation of the maximum number of the Armed Forces of Ukraine; lifting of economic sanctions against Russia; guarantee of the rights and freedoms of the Russian-speaking population, prohibition of glorification of Nazism; gradual restoration of diplomatic and economic relations with Ukraine; abandonment of mutual claims related to damage from hostilities; settlement of issues related to family reunification and displaced persons.

The Russian side presented two options for a ceasefire: The first option – withdrawal of the Ukrainian Armed Forces from the territories controlled by Russia in Donets, Lugansk, Zaporozhye and Kherson.

The second option (package option) - ban on redeployment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine; cessation of mobilization and beginning of demobilization; exclusion of the military presence of third countries; blocking of foreign military aid to Kiev; Ukraine's refusal to sabotage Russia; mutual amnesty of political prisoners and release of detained civilians; abolition of martial law in Ukraine; elections in Ukraine no later than one hundred days after the lifting of martial law.

In the memorandum, part 3 is the sequence of steps and their implementation time. Accordingly, it is as follows: Start of work on the text of the agreement; announcement of a ceasefire for 2-3 days to gather in the “gray zone”; signing a ceasefire memorandum (including specific dates for the implementation of all provisions, specifying the date of signing a future treaty on the final agreement); from the moment of the start of the withdrawal of the Armed Forces of Ukraine a 30-day ceasefire regime is established; simultaneously, the withdrawal of all Ukrainian armed forces from Russian territory and the full implementation of the agreement.