They gone.
Kerry’s words from his last meeting with Lavrov show that Crimea already belongs to Russia and not being challenged by US. None of the commentaries after this meeting mentioned Crimea..
So despite the verbal jargon that the annexation of Crimea by Russia won’t be recognized...it’s already been recognized ‘by the US Administration’....it wasn’t the focus of the of the Lavrov-Kerry discussions......neither are the troops on the border.