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College graduate launches organic agricultural cooperative in hometownST. PETERSBURG, Russia, May 24 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin said Saturday that Russia will respect the results of Ukraine's presidential election on Sunday.
Russia will work with Ukraine's new authorities after the election, Putin told reporters at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.
Putin said that he is ready to hold talks with Ukraine's incoming government and that a new Cold War with the West over Ukraine is unlikely.
Putin also said that he is concerned about threats by "radicals" in Ukraine to interrupt Russian natural gas supplies to Europe.
Putin noted that sanctions imposed on Russia over the Ukraine issue are counterproductive and do not accord with international law.
Isolating a country like Russia is not possible, said the Russian president, adding that sanctions will lead the Russian, European, global economy to turbulence that is in no one's interests.
He reiterated that a new Cold War over Ukraine crisis is unlikely.
He said Russia is ready for a constructive dialogue with Ukraine over the price of Russian gas, but asserted that the dialogue should not be carried out though baseless demands and ultimatums.
Ukraine's presidential election is set to take place on Sunday despite waves of violence and political instability in the country's eastern regions, where government forces have launched operations against insurgents to regain control.
A total of 21 candidates would compete for the country's top post, with former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and businessman Petro Poroshenko emerging as front-runners.
The election was called after former President Viktor Yanukovych was forced out of office in February and fled to Russia soon afterwards.
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