The crisis in the Ukraine may be headed for some kind of resolution - violent or otherwise. President Viktor Yanukovich has called for negotiations with the opposition while at the same time, deploying hundreds of troops in riot gear around the square where pro-European protestors have been gathering for a week. In a statement on the presidential website, Mr Yanukovich's administration said on Monday he "supports" a proposal by Leonid Kravchuk, the former president, "to initiate the nationwide panel discussion with participation of both government and opposition in order to find compromise in the given situation." Mr Kravchuk, who was Ukraine's first post-independence president, has proposed talks brokered by himself and the country's two other former presidents, Leonid Kuchma and Viktor Yushchenko. Mr Yanukovich will meet his three predecessors for talks on Tuesday, the statement said. The apparent breakthrough came as riot gear-equipped interior ministry...(Read Full Post)