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Kyiv, October 1 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kostiantyn Gryshchenko has said that it would be easier for Ukraine to build relations with Russia when Vladimir Putin is president.

“Now we know who will be [a candidate from the United Russia party] and who will define the policy of Russia in the near future. Thus, we’ll conduct our own policy in the personal interests and long-term and medium-term interests… I think that it was a good time for our president to arrive to Moscow when it was announced who would be a candidate from power forces,” he said on the Shuster Live TV show late on Friday.