Putin warns against sanctions on Iran
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin on Thursday warned strongly against new international sanctions on Iran, saying they would lead to a dead end.
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Russia plays down reports a draft UN resolution on Iran's nuclear programme calls for new sanctions.
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President Vladimir Putin said in a  veiled warning to Poland and other East European nations on  Wednesday they risked creating fresh divisions in Europe by  treating Russia as an enemy instead of a strategic partner.
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President Vladimir Putin on Thursday rejected Western criticism he is using his energy policies as a weapon, denounced the deployment of U.S. anti-missile systems in eastern Europe, and said he didn't believe in conspiracy theories in the poisoning death of a former KGB officer.
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President Vladimir Putin criticized North Korea&#039;s missile tests and urged Iran to respond to an international offer on its nuclear program, but suggested Thursday it would be counterproductive to threaten either country with sanctions.
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Russia praised a European draft U.N. resolution imposing sanctions on Iran's nuclear materials but objected to a travel ban and wanted to ease a freeze on financial assets on Tehran officials.
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TEHRAN (International Herald Tribune) - President Vladimir Putin of Russia told a meeting of five Caspian Sea nations in Iran on Tuesday that any use of military force in the region was unacceptable and in a declaration the countries agreed that none of them would allow their territories to be used as a base for launching military strikes against any of the others. Putin's comments and the declaration came at a time when France and the United States have refused to rule out military action to halt Iran's nuclear energy program, which they believe masks a desire to develop nuclear weapons. Iran says its program is solely for peaceful purposes.
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Some quotes about the new sanctions against Iran announced Thursday:
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Germany said on Wednesday Iran could not be allowed to harm the United Nations by pursuing its nuclear programme, but Russia said any economic sanctions must rule out the use of force against the Islamic ...
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Hitting Iran now with sanctions over its   nuclear work could drive it "away from the civilized world," a   Kremlin official said on Tuesday, in a hint of strong Russian   opposition to punitive steps backed by Washington.
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President Vladimir Putin warned Georgia not to provoke or blackmail Russia on Wednesday as Moscow ignored international appeals to drop economic sanctions against its southern neighbor.
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MOSCOW -- Russia signaled sharp dissatisfaction yesterday with Iran's defiant stance on nuclear issues, declaring that the start-up of a Russian-built nuclear reactor will be delayed and warning that Moscow will not join Tehran "in anti-American games."
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President Vladimir Putin said today that Russia could re-deploy weapons if its concerns were not heeded.
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Russia opposes new sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program at this time because it would undermine a study by the U.N. atomic watchdog of Iran's activities, Russian news agencies said on Thursday.
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President Putin offers guarded support for Iran's divisive nuclear programme after talks in Tehran.
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Tuesday that imposing wide-ranging sanctions on Iran for its nuclear program would be "irresponsible."
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Russian President Vladimir Putin hopes for a friendly summit with the European Union on Friday but is sticking to long-held tough positions on Iran and Kosovo.