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Putin says Moscow ready to cooperate with any U.S. president who respects Russia

Xinhua, April 14, 2016 Adjust font size:

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Moscow is willing to cooperate with any new U.S. president who would respect Russia.

"If they speak to us respectfully and seek compromises as we do, then we will always find a solution that would satisfy both," Putin said during his annual live Q-and-A session with the nation, when asked which one, Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump, would be worse for Russia as the next U.S. president.

It is necessary to determine who is better, rather than worse, said Putin.

It is impossible to build democratic international relations from a position of strength, dictatorship and imperial ambitions without paying due respect to others, Putin said. Endi