The Ukraine crisis has slowed to a temporary halt as none of the significant actors will speak directly to anyone else in a position to break the stalemate.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has canceled his proposed visit to Moscow because he wanted Russian President Vladimir Putin to talk to the new government in Ukraine.
Russia rejects relations with what it regards as a rump government formed under American tutelage, as the result of an American-instigated and supported mob in Kiev, composed of ex-Nazis and American mercenaries (among the proofs being that the U.S. assistant secretary of state was there to distribute cookies to the mob beforehand).