The USA want Russia to be successful, and do not believe that between 2 countries at the present time the opposition, said the U.S. leader Barack Obama at a press conference on the last working day of the week.

"We are not talking about the confrontation between the United States and Russia ", - he said and added that North America want Russia was " successful ".

"I relentlessly offered (Russia) - from a position of strength because against the United States there is no punishment and our economy is not declining at 4% per year - way back to the path of development into good policies about its people," Obama said and added that " punishment in Ukraine is still working."

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