Russia will recognize the results of Ukraine's parliamentary elections / Photo by UNIAN

"Russia will recognize the elections. Don’t worry - we want Ukraine to move in a normal civilized direction and to become a self-supporting state,” Ivanov said in comments to Russian news agencies.

However, Ivanov said he also expects that the pseudo elections of the self-proclaimed Donetsk  People’s Republic and Luhansk People’s Republic on November 2 would represent a step towards stabilizing the situation in Ukraine.

As the pro-Russian separatists announced earlier, they intend to hold elections for their local parliaments on November 2. They also said they would not participate in the upcoming Verkhovna Rada elections.

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Ukraine’s early parliamentary elections will be held on October 26.