Bush bashes Putin on democracy on eve of G8 summit
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HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - U.S. President George W. Bush criticized Russia on democracy on Tuesday but sought to calm President Vladimir Putin's anger over U.S. missile shield plans on the eve of a G8 summit in Germany.
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The G-8 summit that President Bush and seven other world leaders are attending next weekend in Russia is often billed as a gathering of the world&#039;s leading economic powers.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday that terrorists are aiming to derail U.S. President George W. Bush's chances at re-election through their attacks in Iraq.
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PRAGUE, Czech Republic -- President Bush on Tuesday accused Russia of backsliding on democratic reforms but promised President Vladmir Putin he has nothing to fear from a U.S. missile defense shield in Europe. "The Cold War is over," Bush insisted.
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BERLIN -- Setting an uncompromising tone before the start of the Group of Eight summit meeting in Germany on Wednesday, President Vladimir Putin has warned that Moscow would be forced to find missile targets of its own in Europe if the United States built its missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic.
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US President George W. Bush and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have called for restraint in the Middle East, UN action on Iran, and urged Russia to stick with democratic reforms.
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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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US President George W. Bush sought Tuesday to soothe Moscow&#39;s fury at Washington&#39;s plans to extend its anti-missile shield in Europe, saying on the eve of the G8 summit that Russia was &quot;not our enemy.&quot;
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ST PETERSBURG, Russia  - President George W. Bush   arrived in Russia on Friday planning to press President   Vladimir Putin at a weekend G8 summit over concerns the Kremlin   is curbing the rights of the Russian opposition and media.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, siding with President Bush two weeks before the U.S. election, said Monday that armed attacks in Iraq were staged by "international terrorism" out to block his re-election.
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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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President Bush on Wednesday urged  Russian Prime Minister 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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Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a scathing attack on the West on Thursday, accusing Washington of imperialism and of starting a new arms race.
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US President George W. Bush told Russian President Vladimir Putin in person for the first time that he worried about "overcentralization of power" in the Kremlin, said a senior US official.
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President Bush's European trip was jarred as it began Monday by deteriorating relations with Russia and threatening words from President Vladimir Putin.
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The United States and NATO on Monday criticized President Vladimir Putin's latest attack on a planned U.S. missile shield, but Western reaction was generally muted ahead of a Group of Eight encounter with Putin this week.
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President Bush yesterday defended his friendly relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin but acknowledged that the Kremlin leader has been "wily" about whether he plans to hold onto power next year and lamented that democracy may not be in the "Russian DNA."