Something to think about. I'll ping your informative response to the geopolitical spin sleuths.
This is old news and appears to be incorrect.
Here is the current news, Nov. 27 -- and Russian troops still aren't there.
Ukraine Parliament Calls Election Invalid
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=285916
"Ukraine's parliament on Saturday declared invalid the disputed presidential election that triggered a week of growing street protests and legal maneuvers, raising the possibility that a new vote could be held in this former Soviet republic.
The Unian news agency quoted Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Yakovenko as saying Friday that Moscow regarded a potential revote favorably an apparent significant retreat from its earlier insistence that the Nov. 21 elections were fair and valid. "