MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Foreign Ministry called on new Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko on Saturday to act by "the principles of a democratic society" and release two Russian journalists detained in the east of the country.
In Russia's first official statement after Poroshenko was sworn in, the foreign ministry acknowledged his inauguration but made no comment on his assertive first speech, in which he said Ukraine would not give up its right to Crimea, annexed by Russia in March.
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