Bush blocks Russia WTO bid in icy exchange
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In a chilly summit prelude, President Bush blocked Russia&#039;s entry into the World Trade Organization on Saturday and President Vladimir Putin mockingly said Moscow doesn&#039;t want the kind of violence-plagued democracy the United States has fostered in Iraq.
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The European Union and seven other countries&#39; sanctions request on exports of the United States was postponed to be considered by the World Trade Organization (WTO) at a meeting on Wednesday.
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U.S. President George W. Bush tried to calm rising tensions with Moscow over a planned missile defense system ahead of a meeting Thursday with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin at a meeting of the world's richest nations.
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George W Bush says he wants to strengthen ties with Russia, as democracy  monitors say the country is "not free".
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The United States told Russia on Thursday a Kremlin offer to share a radar site in Azerbaijan could not replace U.S. plans to site a missile shield in eastern Europe.
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Washington: The White House on Saturday rejected Russian President Vladimir Putinâs charge that a US &quot;dictatorship&quot; in world affairs was making problems like terrorism and drug trafficking worse.
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HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - U.S. President George W. Bush said on Wednesday that Russia did not pose a threat to Europe despite a vow to target the continent if the U.S. deploys a missile shield in central Europe.
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President Bush said today that Russia has nothing to fear from the proposal, adding, âThe cold war is over.â
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Western election observers on Tuesday  rejected concessions offered by Russia's presidential election  chief and demanded to be allowed to enter the country earlier  than the February 20 date suggested by Moscow.
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Top lawmakers on the U.S. Senate  Energy Committee told President George W. Bush on Wednesday  they would oppose a deal allowing Russia to sell more highly  enriched uranium as fuel to U.S. nuclear power plants.
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U.S. sanctions against two leading  Russian arms exporters mark a new low in already chilly ties  between Moscow and Washington and could hurt business deals  worth billions of dollars.
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Negotiations on Russia&#039;s admission to the World Trade Organization broke off Saturday with no agreement. Trade officials blamed the failure on an impasse over Russian barriers to U.S. beef and pork exports.
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US president intervenes in worst dispute between Russia and the west since end of cold war.
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Russia blocked Kosovo&#39;s  bid for independence from Serbia on Friday at a G8 summit on  the Baltic coast, in a public setback for Western leaders who  support it and want action this month.
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Russia and the United States on Tuesday clashed over efforts to win influence in Ukraine and other former Soviet republics, with Moscow warning the West against interference and Washington rejecting the charge.
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President George W. Bush will host Russia's President Vladimir Putin in July amid friction between the two over U.S. plans to build a missile shield in Europe and U.S. criticism that Moscow is moving backward on democracy.
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HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - U.S. President George W. Bush said on Wednesday that Russia posed no threat to Europe despite its vow to target the continent if the U.S. deploys a missile shield in central Europe.