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 MOSCOW, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Wednesday he viewed Ukraine as an important regional partner though recent political unrest is an internal matter.

Medvedev met in Moscow with Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Boiko and Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov to discuss developments in the former Soviet republic.

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