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Moscow and Kyiv are preparing for a state visit by Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych to Russia, Russian Ambassador to Ukraine Mikhail Zurabov said at a conference entitled "Ukrainian Election Results and Russia-Ukraine Cooperation Prospects" in Kyiv on Friday.

“Preparations for a state visit by Viktor Fedorovych Yanukovych to Russia are underway,” he said.

As a rule, state visits last for two days, but a three-day visit is
being considered with a trip to Nizhny Novgorod, which will host a
Russian-Ukrainian inter-regional forum, he said.

The ambassador did not say for when the visit is scheduled.