Proposals of the Russian Federation (Memorandum) for resolving the Ukraine crisis

Section I - Basic parameters of a final settlement

1) International legal recognition of the incorporation of Crimea, the LNR, the DNR, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson into the Russian Federation; complete withdrawal of AFU units and other Ukrainian paramilitary formations from their territories;

2) The neutrality of Ukraine, which entails its refusal to join military alliances and coalitions, as well as the prohibition of any military activities of third states on Ukrainian territory and the deployment of foreign armed formations, military bases, and military infrastructure there;

3) Termination and refusal to conclude in the future international treaties and agreements inconsistent with the provisions of paragraph 2 of this section;

4) Confirmation of Ukraine's status as a state that does not possess nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction, with the establishment of a direct ban on their receipt, transit, and deployment on the territory of Ukraine;

5) Establishment of the maximum strength of the AFU 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 AFU and the National Guard;

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

7) Legal prohibition of the glorification and propaganda of Nazism and neo-Nazism, dissolution of nationalist

organizations and parties; 8) Lifting all existing and refusal to introduce new economic sanctions, bans, and restrictive

measures between the Russian Federation and Ukraine;

9) Resolution of a number of issues related to family reunification and displaced persons;

10) Waiver of mutual claims related to the damage caused by the hostilities;

11) Lifting of restrictions on the UOC;

12) Gradual restoration of economic relations (including diplomatic gas transit),

transport and other communications, including with third countries;

Section II - Ceasefire Conditions

Option 1.

Beginning of the complete withdrawal of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and other Ukrainian paramilitary formations from the territory of the Russian Federation, including the DNR, the LNR, the Zaporizhzhia and

Kherson regions, and their withdrawal to a distance agreed upon by the parties from the borders of the Russian Federation, in accordance with the approved regulations.

Option 2. Package proposal:

1) Prohibition of the regrouping of the AFU and other paramilitary formations of Ukraine, except for movements for the purpose of withdrawal to a distance agreed upon by the parties from the borders of the Russian Federation;

2) Completion of mobilization and beginning of demobilization;

3) Termination of foreign supplies of military equipment and foreign military assistance to Ukraine, including satellite communications services and the provision of intelligence; 4) Exclusion of the military presence of third countries on the territory of Ukraine, termination of the participation of foreign specialists in military actions on the side of Ukraine;

5) Guarantees of Ukraine's refusal to participate in acts of sabotage and subversive activities against the Russian Federation and its citizens;

6) Establishment of a bilateral center for monitoring and controlling the ceasefire;

7) Mutual amnesty for "political prisoners" and release of detained civilians;

8) Lifting of martial law in Ukraine;

9) Announcement of the date for the elections of the President of Ukraine and the Verkhovna Rada, which should be held no later than 100 days after the lifting of martial law.

10) Signing of the agreement on the implementation of the points specified in Section I.

Section III - Sequence of steps and timetable for their implementation

1) Start of work on the text of the agreement;

2) Declaration of a 2-3-day ceasefire to collect the bodies in the "gray zone";

3) Transfer of 6,000 bodies of AFU soldiers; unilaterally

4) Signing of the memorandum with specific dates, ceasefire, fulfillment of all its provisions in the agreement below.

5) A 30-day ceasefire regime is established from the moment the AFU begins its withdrawal.

At the same time, within these 30 days, the complete withdrawal of AFU units from the territory of the

Russian Federation and the full implementation of the "package agreement" must be fulfilled;

6) Holding elections and forming government bodies on the territory of Ukraine;

7) Signing of the agreement;

8) Approval of the signed agreement by a binding resolution of the UN Security Council; the agreement is legally binding.

9) Ratification, entry into force, and implementation of the agreement

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