Putin, speaking at SPIEF, did not rule out that if there had been a different administration in the United States, it might have been possible to take a different path in the situation with Ukraine.
«I do not exclude that if the United States if there was a different administration, then we would still be able to follow a peaceful plan for resolving the conflict, which both Ukraine and Western capitals simply abandoned. Moreover, they spoke about it publicly,» said Vladimir Putin.
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