Proposals of the Russian Federation (Memorandum) on the settlement of the Ukrainian crisis

Section I

Main parameters of the final settlement

1) International legal recognition of the entry into the Russian Federation

of Crimea, LPR, DPR, Zaporizhia and Kherson regions; complete withdrawal of units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and other paramilitary formations of Ukraine from their territories;

2) neutrality of Ukraine, which implies its refusal to join military alliances and coalitions, as well as a ban on any military activity of third states on the territory of Ukraine and the deployment of foreign armed formations, military bases and military infrastructure there;

3) termination of and refusal to conclude in the future international treaties and agreements incompatible with the provisions of paragraph 2 of this Section;

4) confirmation of the status of Ukraine as a state that does not possess nuclear and other WMD, with the establishment of a direct ban on their acceptance, transit and deployment on the territory of Ukraine;

5) establishment of the maximum number of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and other military formations of Ukraine, the maximum number of weapons and military equipment and their permissible characteristics; dissolution of Ukrainian nationalist formations within the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the National Guard;

6) ensuring the full rights, freedoms and interests of the Russian and Russian-speaking population; granting the Russian language the status of an official language;

7) legislative prohibition of glorification and propaganda of Nazism and neo-Nazism, dissolution of nationalist organizations, parties;

8) lifting all current and refusal to introduce new economic sanctions, prohibitions and restrictive measures between the Russian Federation and Ukraine;

9) resolving a range of issues related to family reunification and displaced persons;

10) waiver of mutual claims in connection with damage caused in

hostilities;

11) lifting restrictions regarding the UOC;

12) gradual restoration of diplomatic and economic relations (including gas transit), transport and other communications, including with third countries;

Section II

Terms of the Ceasefire

Option 1.

Beginning of the complete withdrawal of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and other paramilitary formations of Ukraine from the territory of the Russian Federation, including the DPR, LPR, Zaporizhia and Kherson regions, and their withdrawal to a distance from the borders of the Russian Federation agreed upon by the Parties, in accordance with the approved Regulation.

Option 2. "Package proposal":

1) a ban on the redeployment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and other paramilitary formations of Ukraine, with the exception of movements for the purpose of withdrawal to a distance from the borders of the Russian Federation agreed upon by the Parties;

2) termination of mobilization and the beginning of demobilization;

3) termination of foreign supplies of military products and foreign military assistance to Ukraine, including the provision of satellite communications services and intelligence;

4) exclusion of the military presence of third countries on the territory of Ukraine, termination of the participation of foreign specialists in military operations on the side of Ukraine;

5) guarantees of Ukraine's renunciation of sabotage and subversive activities against the Russian Federation and its citizens;

6) creation of a bilateral Center for monitoring and control of the ceasefire regime;

7) mutual amnesty of "political prisoners" and the release of retained civilians;

8) the abolition of martial law in Ukraine;

9) announcement of the date of the presidential elections in Ukraine and the Verkhovna Rada, which should take place no later than 100 days after the cancellation of martial law.

10) signing an agreement on the execution of the provisions contained in section I.

Section III

The sequence of steps and the timing of their implementation

1) the beginning of work on the text of the contract;

2) an announcement of a 2-3-day truce for gathering in the "gray zone" of the bodies of the dead;

3) the transfer by the Ukrainian side unilaterally 6,000 bodies of military personnel of the Armed Forces;

4) the signing of the memorandum of the ceasefire with specific dates for the implementation of all its provisions and the determination of the date of signing the future agreement on the final settlement (hereinafter referred to as the contract);

5) From the moment the APU begins to be removed, a 30-day ceasefire regime is established. At the same time, the complete discharge of parts of the Armed Forces from the territory of the Russian Federation and the full implementation of the "package agreement" should be executed in during these 30 days;

6) holding elections, forming government bodies on the territory of Ukraine;

7) signing the Treaty;

8) approval of the signed Treaty by a legally binding resolution of the UN Security Council;

9) ratification, entry into force and implementation of the Treaty."

BertrandR

Reasonable and logical terms. Russia wants to settle this permanently. The fascist West will decline. More death and destruction, until Ukraine descends into chaos and/or unconditional surrender. When dealing with agreement-incapable, magical thinking-based opponents, vanquish or be vanquished. Sad, but that's reality.

Jun 03 2025 01:25

Игорь Преображенский

I think it's a great step on the part of Russia to present its memorandum at the most appropriate moment, representing everyone's interest in this document! There is no point in mumbling excuses about Russia's "maximalist demands" and their "impracticability." "Our "overseas" friends hastened with terrorist attacks and sabotage in Russia before the meeting in Istanbul - even the propaganda effect turned out to be short-lived, like a one-day butterfly, and as a "lever of pressure on Russia" it will have the opposite consequences.It seems that these fools are completely on our hook - their lack of imagination is doing Russia a great "favor." An excellent document, especially in paragraph 8 of section 3: "Approval of the signed Treaty by a legally binding resolution of the UN Security Council." I can already imagine someone's red eyes and steam coming out of their ears.

Jun 03 2025 06:09

Thomas

I would say that this "memorandum" is a demand for almost unconditional surrender. It only misses the paragraph where the delivery of a few hundred Nazi war criminals into the special court in Moscow is stipulated.

Jun 03 2025 08:51

Dmitry Orlov

Thomas, the traditional thing would be to march the Nazis through Red Square, then give them 15-20 years of hard labor to clean up the mess they made in Kursk.

Jun 03 2025 10:56

mort1123

Section III, 3) uses the word "mustache" which I can't guess what means in the context, "mostly" perhaps?

Any way, seems that this is more of a declaration of intent and the establishment of goals for the next two to three years, which I suppose would be usefull for supporting parties to dwell on.

Jun 03 2025 14:32

Dmitry Orlov

mort1123, machine translation error. Should read "by the Ukrainian side". In the original, it is abbreviated УС which also means "whisker'. Thanks for pointing it out.

Jun 03 2025 15:02

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Thank you!

Jun 03 2025 16:05

Geoff Young

Very useful post, thanks.

Jun 03 2025 17:03

Daniehl

There should be guarantees to give up demanded criminals to face trials for the vicious treatment of non- combatants

Jun 04 2025 01:16

Dmitry Orlov

Daniehl, that's rolled into the general category of "denazification" (as happened in East Germany after WWII while the West coddled their Nazis with American acquiescence).

Jun 04 2025 08:36

RedShift

An invitation to the non-agreement-capable to agree. Hmm This feels like an extremely generous and merciful last appeal with recognition of the basic human dignity to ones enemy, after which the refusal leads to utter and final annihalation of the principals, in this case, NATO central command.

Jun 04 2025 02:00

Dmitry Orlov

RedShift, no, this just an interim position. It won't be acceded to. The next interim position will be progressively harsher. The next natural step is to deprive the former Ukraine of statehood and put it under external administrative control as an "ungoverned area".

Jun 04 2025 08:38

Michael Dowd

Good document: thorough, precise, comprehensive, actionable, generous, but unfortunately, unacceptable.

Jun 04 2025 13:12

Dmitry Orlov

Michael Dowd, next version is guaranteed to be worse for the Ukraine. It is not expected that this documented will be accepted or even discussed. The meetings in Istanbul are not negotiations or discussions. These are technical meetings to take care of low-hanging fruit, if you will: prisoner exchanges, returning of corpses, reunification of lost children with their families, etc.

Jun 04 2025 17:24