Russia hopes to find compromise solutions with Ukraine among other things thanks to the work of the new Rada, Russian ambassador to Kyiv Mikhail Zurabov has said.

At a conference "Election results in Ukraine and the prospects for Russian-Ukrainian cooperation" held in Kyiv on Friday, the ambassador quoted President Vladimir Putin as speaking of close partnership and a friendly atmosphere in the cooperation between Ukraine and Russia that help to resolve many problems.

"However, any compromise solutions that may be approved at the political level by the executive branch of government later require relevant ratification in the parliaments of our two countries," Zurabov said.

He said that the prospects for cooperation will soon become clear depending on how the parliaments of the two countries will be able to calmly, reasonably and thoroughly work with minimal politicking.

"And the present-day situation and the situation of next year, if it is looked from the viewpoint of the economy, contains a sufficiently high number of threats and challenges. We don't have such a safety factor today that would permit us to analyze the current agenda endlessly and find decisions. Therefore, according to my estimate, if any decisions are destined to take place, they should occur in the first half of next year," the ambassador summed up.