Russian President Vladimir
Putin has said in a New Year's message to U.S. President Barack Obama
that Moscow is looking for equality in bilateral relations next year.
The Kremlin on Wednesday published several dozen New Year's messages
addressed to heads of states and international organizations such as the
Olympic Committee and FIFA.
Putin reminded Obama of the upcoming 70th anniversary of the allied
victory in World War II and said that it should serve as a reminder of
"the responsibility that Russia and the United States bear for
maintaining peace and international stability." Moscow is anxious for
the relations to advance but only as long as there is "equality and
mutual respect."
Conspicuously absent from the list of the recipients of New Year's messages was Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko.
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