Bush reassures Putin before G8 face-to-face
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HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - U.S. President George W. Bush sought to calm tensions with Moscow on Thursday ahead of a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at a Group of Eight (G8) summit in Germany.
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U.S. President George W. Bush will reach out to Germany and Russia when he makes a fence-mending February visit to Europe, the White House said Tuesday, amid a parallel effort to patch up ties with France.
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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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KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine -- President Bush, seeking to change the tone of an increasingly caustic, fraught relationship with President Vladimir Putin of Russia, will press him today to support a major escalation of economic pressure against Iran, senior administration officials said.
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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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WASHINGTON - US President George Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet in Slovakia in late February as part of the American administration&#39;s attempts to smooth international relations, according to reports.
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US President George W. Bush on Tuesday accused Russia of derailing democratic reforms, in a speech likely to widen a bitter rift with Moscow on the eve of the G8 leaders summit in Germany.
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In a phone call yesterday initiated by Vladimir Putin, President Bush and the Russian leader agreed to continue discussing Moscow's concerns about independence for Kosovo, a sensitive subject expected to come up next month in the U.N. Security Council.
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President Bush called Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday and said the United States is prepared to give any help needed to resolve the hostage-taking at a Russian school, the Kremlin said.
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President Bush is toning down his administration&#039;s criticism of Russian President Vladimir Putin&#039;s steps to restrict political and economic freedoms as Russia prepares to host an annual summit of economic powers.
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PRAGUE, June 4 -- President Bush arrived here Monday to begin an eight-day visit to Europe, at a time when Russian President Vladimir Putin is threatening to retaliate against U.S. plans for a European missile defense system by aiming some of Russia's weapons at new targets on the continent.
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President George W. Bush will host Russia's President Vladimir Putin in July amid tensions over U.S. plans to build a missile shield in Europe and criticism that Moscow is retreating on democracy.
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U.S President George W. Bush on Tuesday sought to soothe Russia's Vladimir Putin about U.S. missile shield plans on the eve of a big-power summit that could also expose rifts on climate change and aid for Africa.
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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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President George Bush last night welcomed his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, to his summer retreat in Kennebunkport, Maine, at the start of an encounter of less than 24 hours designed to patch up deteriorating relations between the two powers.
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When Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives for the annual G-8 gathering of the world's industrialized power next week, he may be greeted with tense smiles and strained pleasantries.
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WASHINGTON -- In a phone call yesterday initiated by Vladimir Putin, President Bush and the Russian leader agreed to continue discussing Moscow's concerns about independence for Kosovo, a sensitive subject expected to come up next month in the UN Security Council.