After Mr Volodymyr Zelensky's landslide victory in the Ukrainian presidential election, Moscow was quick to welcome it as a "reset" in bilateral ties.
Just months before, Russia had lambasted now outgoing President Petro Poroshenko as someone it will never be able to make peace with.
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