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Kremlin says hopes Ukraine crisis will not start new Cold War

Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman said on Friday that despite "deep disagreement" with the West over Ukraine, Moscow hopes some common ground can be found and a new Cold War will not begin, Russian news agencies reported.

"There still remains hope...that some points of agreement can be found as a result of dialogue - which our partners, thank God, have not yet rejected," state-run RIA quoted spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying.

"I believe that it (a new Cold War) has not started and I would like to believe it will not start," Peskov said.