Russia to Europe is of strategic importance, for this reason, in relations with Moscow should find points of contact, said Prime Minister of Italy Matteo Renzi in an interview to the newspaper.

Prime Minister raised the question of the settlement of the relations between Europe and Russia in a number of important tasks at the beginning of 2015. He said that was one of the first European leaders, who clearly raises the question of relations with the Russian President.

" Europe must be hard, responding to unacceptable events taking place in Ukraine, but at the same time, Russia is of strategic importance for Europe, " said Renzi.

" We need to communicate, find common ground, to use diplomacy, because today nobody was interested in that, to put the Russian Federation on the knees, " he said.

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