The Kremlin, which has been applying behind-the-scenes pressure on Mr Yanukovych to crush the protests, said Mr Putin was sending the country's human rights chief Vladimir Lukin, a former ambassador to Washington, to Ukraine to act as a mediator between Mr Yanukovych and opposition leaders.
Finally, China could apply behind-the-scenes pressure to slow down or block the effort to have Mr. Snowden turned over.
There is little sense of what kinds of debates take place at board meetings or how pressure is applied behind closed doors.
The second question is whether, assuming the law does apply behind the ropes, use of a cart represents such a fundamental change in the nature of the competition that it cannot be considered a "reasonable modification".
But the change of tack by Livingstone just a week later suggests pressure has been applied behind the scenes by the Labour leadership as well as by public criticism from former supporters.
Nevertheless, Shariah is not generally accepted in other Western democracies, and some Canadian Muslim women -- who say Muslim law is already applied behind closed doors -- say efforts to apply it openly in Canada's most populous province would represent a dangerous precedent.
The alignment of Lidar scans from successive exposed faces offers additional interpretation and recording advantages, particularly where shotcrete is subsequently applied behind the face.
They wouldn't let Astrid apply to a technology magnet school for fear the paperwork would out her as an undocumented immigrant - so she applied behind their back and got in.
For the latter two, house vacuum was applied behind the substrates to facilitate more thorough film coatings.
For example, if the Behind mode is chosen, a color will be applied behind the layer and show only in transparent areas.
When the Penguins begin a rush into their zone through the center of the ice, they are met by two or three Wings with the others applying pressure from behind, surrounding the puck carrier, reducing his options, channeling the play wide or otherwise extinguishing the threat before it has started.
