Russia wants to work with Trump, says Putin
President Vladimir Putin calls for an 'equal and mutually beneficial relationship' with the US
Moscow — Russian President Vladimir Putin said he is ready to work with US president-elect Donald Trump’s new administration on an equal basis, as he urged joint efforts to fight terrorism. "We are ready for co-operation with the new US administration," Putin said during his annual state-of-the-nation speech on Thursday before an audience of houses of parliament and top officials, as well as religious and business leaders. "It is important to normalise and start developing bilateral ties on an equal and mutually beneficial basis." Trump’s election has raised hopes in Moscow for better ties after he said he would be willing to consider lifting sanctions imposed over Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea and the conflict in eastern Ukraine. With Russia’s economy mired in its longest recession in two decades, plunging millions into poverty and battering the middle class, Putin’s immediate hopes of returning the economy to strong growth rest largely on higher oil prices and progress in rem...
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