Is Russia running the revolt in Ukraine?

Take a look at the articles at these two URLs!

Forbes magazine has a series of articles (all at this one URL) on the topic:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/paulroderickgregory/2014/05/04/intercepted-phone-calls-show-putin-called-shots-on-international-hostages/

Putin's man in Ukraine:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igor_Strelkov_(GRU)