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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Russian Official Sees Progress with Ukraine on Neutrality, Not on 'Denazification'

Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) listens to Culture Minister Vladimir Medinsky as they watch the project of a monument to Mikhail Kalashnikov, the Russian inventor of the AK-47 assault rifle, during a visit at firearms maker Kalashnikov Concern in Izhevsk, Russia, September 20, 2016. (Reuters)

Russia's lead negotiator in talks with Ukraine said on Friday they were making progress on the topic of demilitarizing the country, but not on Moscow's demand to "denazify" its neighbor.

Twenty-two days after Russia invaded Ukraine, and after a series of talks in person and by video link, Vladimir Medinsky said the two countries were "halfway there" on the question of Ukraine adopting neutral status.

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