Paul Goble, originally on Window on Eurasia

Staunton, May 15 – A survey of Russian parliamentarians present and past shows that they are nearly unanimous in believing that the OSCE proposal about Ukraine shows that “the West is retreating” from its earlier positions on the conflict there but wants to do so in a “face-saving way.”

As it often does on political questions, the Regions.ru news agency surveyed the opinion of parliamentarians about the latest OSCE proposal and the support it has received in particular from German Chancellor Angela Merkel. The result provides some insights into how official Moscow actually views what is happening.