Bush criticizes Russia, China on democracy
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President George W. Bush on Tuesday criticized Russia and China on democracy, saying the United States would continue building relationships with those countries but without abandoning its values.
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MUNICH, Germany  - Russian President Vladimir Putin sharply criticized the United States on Saturday for what he said was an attempt to force its will on the world.
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U.S. President George W. Bush plans on Tuesday to hail democratic strides made by former Soviet states like the Czech Republic, in a speech that may further inflame tensions with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Moscow, Dec 23 (PTI) Russian President Vladimir Putin today accused the United States and the West of encroaching on Russian interests in the post-Soviet space and isolating Russia by adopting double standards of democracy and human rights.
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WASHINGTON -- A debate is brewing at the highest levels of the Bush administration over whether to adopt a tougher stance toward Russia and its president, Vladimir Putin, who has systematically rolled back democratic freedoms and tried to snuff out democracy in weak neighboring states with little American opposition, according to US officials and policy analysts.
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"The people of the Czech Republic don't have to choose between being a friend of the United States or a friend with Russia"  President Bush risked further stoking a testy dispute with Russia over a new U.S. missile defense system on Tuesday, saying Moscow has 'derailed' once-promising democratic reforms.In a speech celebrating democracy's progress around the globe _ and calling out places where its reach is either incomplete or lacking _ Bush said that free societies emerge 'at different speeds in different places' and have to reflect local customs. But he said certain values are universal to all democracies, and rapped several countries for not embracing them. Read more
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December 24, Yesterday was the first time RF President Vladimir Putin sharply criticized US actions and attitudes on Ukraine, Chechnya, YUKOS, and the issue of democracy within Russia.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said  on Saturday Russia needed to reverse what Washington considers  its backsliding on democracy if Moscow wants deeper relations  with the West.
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US President Bush says Russia "derailed" democratic reforms, as a row over missiles stokes tensions.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin accuses the West of using "double standards" in democratic elections.
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China has accused the administration of US President George W Bush of having ``opened a Pandora&#39;s box, intensifying various intermingled conflicts such as ethnic and religious ones&#39;&#39;.
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President Bush said on Wednesday he  was concerned that recent decisions by Russian President  Vladimir Putin could undermine democracy in Russia.
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BEIJING, March 8 -- Responding to U.S. complaints, China charged Thursday that the Bush administration has no standing to criticize other countries on human rights because its own record is full of blemishes at home and abroad.
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President Bush on Wednesday urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to "uphold the principles of democracy" in a carefully worded message expressing concern about Putin's proposed political reforms.
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President Bush pushed for stern international action against North Korea on Thursday but ran into resistance from China and Russia. The North Koreans threatened to fire off more test rockets.
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In an apparent message to Russian  President Vladimir Putin, President Bush said on Thursday that  any new election in Ukraine should be free of foreign  influence.
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U.S. President George W. Bush plans on  Tuesday to hail democratic strides made by former Soviet states  like the Czech Republic, in a speech that may further inflame  tensions with Russian President Vladimir Putin.