MOSCOW. Feb 21 (Interfax) - Russian Human Rights Commissioner Vladimir Lukin, who was sent by President Vladimir Putin as a mediator to Ukraine, is returning to Moscow on Friday, a source from Lukin's entourage told Interfax.
"Vladimir Lukin is flying back to Moscow in the very near future," the source said.
Lukin arrived in Kyiv last night. The Russian ombudsman was in the Ukrainian capital to mediate the Ukrainian authorities' talks with the opposition and European Union representatives.
The meeting of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, opposition party leaders Arseniy Yatseniuk (Batkivshchyna), Vitali Klitshchko (UDAR) and Oleh Tiahnybok (Svoboda), foreign ministers Frank-Walter Steinmeier of Germany and Radoslaw Sikorski of Poland, as well as Russian ombudsman Vladimir Lukin lasted in Kyiv through the night for a total of nine hours.
The parties have reached an agreement on the preliminary signing of an agreement to settle the Ukrainian crisis, the Ukrainian president's press office said after the talks.
Lukin refused to sign the final document settling the Ukrainian crisis, a source close to the negotiating process told Interfax.
No official confirmation has been made available to Interfax.