U.S. offers to delay shield if Russia cooperates
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The United States has proposed delaying the activation of parts of its missile defense shield if Russia cooperates on the project, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Tuesday.
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Russia's foreign minister suggested in an interview broadcast Friday that the United States wants to install an anti-missile system in Eastern Europe to spy on Russia, not to defend Europe from Iranian missiles as Washington claims.
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HEILIGENDAMM, Germany -- Russia and the United States yesterday appeared to step back from their confrontation over a planned US missile shield, as President Bush said Moscow was not a menace to Europe and the foreign minister of Russia withdrew a threat to pull out of a conventional arms treaty.
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Russia and the United States could start  consultations next month on Moscow&#39;s offer to use jointly an  Azeri radar to protect against missile threats, Russian media  quoted a top Russian general as saying on Tuesday.
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Russia will take steps to ensure its security if Washington rebuffs its offer of cooperation on missile defense, local media quoted First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov as saying on Wednesday.
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Russia said on Friday &quot;certain states&quot;  were hampering efforts to prevent the spread of weapons of mass  destruction and other armaments, pointing a finger at the  United States over space-based weapons.
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Russia's military is capable of firing missiles at Poland and the Czech Republic if they agreed to host a U.S. missile shield, Russia's Strategic Forces commander said, but added it was for the Kremlin to decide.
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Russia's foreign minister urged the United States on Saturday to freeze plans for missile defense installations in eastern Europe during negotiations and warned that the proposal &#151; intended to serve as a buffer against Iran &#151; could backfire.
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The U.S. knows it must avoid harsh rhetoric and ease any fears of military action in order to have any chance at getting Russia and China to agree to sanctions in the nuclear standoff
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday he still hoped to reach a compromise with the United States over its plans to deploy a missile shield in Eastern Europe.
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The United States may start building a  missile shield in Poland in February 2008, Polish Deputy  Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski said in an interview  published in a Russian newspaper on Monday.
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Russia's proposal to the United States to use jointly a radar in Azerbaijan makes it unnecessary for Washington to build a missile shield in Eastern Europe, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Saturday.
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The United States may start building a missile shield in Poland in February 2008, Polish Deputy Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski said in an interview published in a Russian newspaper on Monday.
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The United States is trying to gauge whether an incident at sea last weekend indicated Russia was resuming a Cold War "mind-set" and is considering how the Pentagon should respond, a senior U.S. military official said on Tuesday.
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KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine  - Russian President Vladimir Putin made a new counter-proposal to President George W. Bush on Monday for reshaping a planned U.S. missile shield that has strained relations between their countries.
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Chill, Vladimir, we won't switch it on. Promise US defence secretary Robert Gates, seeking to allay Russian concerns, has suggested that European elements of the planned American missile shield might be built but not "activated" unless a threat from Iran developed.â¦
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Russia will take steps to ensure its  security if Washington rebuffs its offer of cooperation on  missile defense, local media quoted First Deputy Prime Minister  Sergei Ivanov as saying on Wednesday.