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The President of Russia Vladimir Putin

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Born on Oct. 7, 1952, in Leningrad, now St. Petersburg, Prez said today that Moscow had not seen Ukraine willing to fulfill the terms of a preliminary peace deal he said had been agreed in March, Reuters reported.

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In comments to reporters after his visit to Iran, Putin said Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates had offered to mediate between Russia and Ukraine.

When asked if a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi was possible, Putin replied that Kyiv had not fulfilled the terms of a preliminary peace agreement, which, he said, was "practically" agreed upon in March.

"The final result of course ... depends on the willingness of the contracting parties to implement the agreement they agreed on. Today we see that the forces in Kyiv have no such desire," Putin said.

In March, negotiations were held at which both sides made proposals, but no result was reached, Reuters recalls.

Then Zelensky announced that only a specific outcome of the negotiations could be trusted.

Putin met with Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in Tehran yesterday and the two deepened ties between the two countries, which are subject to Western sanctions.

In Iran, Putin also met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, with whom he discussed a deal to resume Ukrainian grain exports through the Black Sea, currently blocked by Russia.

Putin announced that Russia is ready to facilitate the passage of Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea, but also wants to remove the remaining restrictions on the export of Russian grain, BTA adds.

Russian invasion of Ukraine

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