TODAY: Lavrov and Kerry talks deadlock; Russia promises no further incursions into Ukraine; Putin praises military actions in Crimea,  former adviser says expect more land grabs; Tatars opposed to annexation; FSB says sees more foreign threats; sanctions to affect London economy? Sochi renovations; Lukoil opens Iraqi field; Gorlatsky dies.

Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry over the weekend to discuss the Crimea crisis, with the talks ending in deadlock, although Russia vowed that it will not send troops further into Ukraine.  (Video of Lavrov’s closing statements can be viewed here.) Lavrov says that Ukraine cannot function as a ‘unified state’ and should instead become a federation, with ethnic Russian regions granted autonomous powers; Kerry says that the 40,000-strong Russian troop build-up along the Ukrainian border is complicating matters and should be pulled back, and made it clear that the U.S. still considers Russia’s actions in Crimea to be illegal.  Lavrov says current sanctions are causing ‘no painful sensations’ for Russia.  President Vladimir Putin applauded Russia’s takeover of Crimea, saying that it demonstrates Russia’s military professionalism, and congratulated the military for preventing bloodshed.  The Moscow Times says the Crimea annexation amounts to an abandonment of the last 20 years of Russia’s foreign policy, and that it is unclear what Moscow hopes to gain.  A former advisor of Vladimir Putin says the President will not stop until he has taken control of Belarus, the Baltic states, and Finland.  Masha Gessen says Crimea is all about Russia’s plan to ‘remak[e] itself as the leader of the anti-Western world’.  Crimea’s Tatars, for their part, condemn the annexation, and are appealing to Western leaders for recognition as an autonomous group.