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BUDAPEST – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky does not look like a Ukrainian nationalist, but whether he deals with this social phenomenon is unclear, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Oct. 30.

“I don’t think that I have the right to rate the actions of the president of Ukraine, especially in his communications with the nationalists. Mr. Zelensky himself does not, of course, look like a Ukrainian nationalist, but whether he deals with them is difficult for me to say right now,” Putin told a press conference in Budapest.