Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov speaks during a news conference after a session of the Council of foreign ministers representing Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Moscow, April 4, 2014. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia urged Ukraine on Friday to carry out genuine rather than "cosmetic" constitutional reform, pressing Moscow's call for the former Soviet republic to give more power to its regions which have many Russian speakers.
Russia argues that constitutional reforms, which Kiev is now undertaking, are happening behind closed doors, without public debate, underlining its fears that the interests of Ukraine's Russian-speaking community will not be taken into account.
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