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Russian President Vladimir Putin says Russia "would only be too glad" if Ukraine joined the European Union.

Putin thinks the Ukraine's accession to the European organization would serve to partially integrate the Russian economy into the EU system.

After the talks with Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero in Moscow, Putin said Russia thinks a common economic space with the EU meets the interests of Russia and the EU.

He added that all these steps do not contradict possible accession of any country, including Ukraine, to the EU.

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