“I think it is inevitable. In any case, inevitably the construction of normal, friendly - I would even say, more than friendly, allied - relations. And in the end, we still come to the state, which I said. Rapprochement is inevitable, ”RIA Novosti quotes President.

Earlier it became known that Putin gave an interview to Oliver Stone for the documentary film “In the Struggle for Ukraine”.

The tape is dedicated to the Ukrainian crisis. According to the creators, the film will feature “serious messages” of Putin to the peoples of the two countries.

In June, Putin expressed hope that Russian-Ukrainian relations would be restored soon.

In December 2018, the Russian president noted that the abnormal situation in the relations of the two states would not change as long as the Russophobes are in power in Kiev.