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Relations between Moscow and Warsaw have got better in recent months, and Konstantin Kosachyov said Russia"s response to the plane crash near Smolensk that killed Polish President Lech Kaczynski was a unique chance to further improve ties.

The head of the State Duma"s foreign affairs committee warned, however, that the issue of the missiles was not going away.

"I am sure that even if a miracle happens and our relations in other fields are 100% normalized, our questions over Patriot missiles will continue to exist until we will get clear answers," Kosachyov said during a video linkup between Moscow and Warsaw organized by RIA Novosti.

Poland said in late January it would deploy a battery of U.S. Patriot missiles to the town of Morag, just 100 kilometers (60 miles) from the border with the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad. The missiles were originally planned to be stationed near Warsaw.

Kosachyov said it was naive to believe that stabilization of the Russian-Polish

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