RUSSIA WILL NOT ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR FULL RESOLUTION OF CONFLICTS IN
POST-SOVIET AREA, BUT IT IS READY TO MEDIATE, RUSSIAN PRESIDENT

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 7. ARMINFO. Russia will not assume responsibility
for full resolution of the conflicts in the post-Soviet area, but
it is ready to mediate, Russian President Vladimir Putin says in
response to the questions of Russian journalists after Russian-Turkish
negotiations in Ankara, Monday.

President Putin says that Russia is really interested in resolution of
these conflicts as it wants the region to become stable. When solving
any complicated issues, including the political confrontation in the
Ukraine and Abkhazia, Russia is ready to further play a mediatory
role as it understands the difficulty of such problems best of all,
Putin says. Commenting on the situation in the Ukraine, the president
pointed out inadmissibility of any threats to the candidates running
for presidency as well as arbitrary interpretation and changes in the
legislation in favor of one of the parties. In his words, Russia cannot
support such developments even if one calls it democracy. Performing
its mediatory role, the Russian leadership continues closely cooperate
with the current authorities, acting absolutely correct and not
behind-the-scene. Russia is ready to deal with any president who the
Ukrainian people will elected, Vladimir Putin says.