Russia holds out on Iraq debt plan
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Russia has not agreed to a German-US proposal that would forgive up to 80 percent of Iraq&#39;s foreign debt, according to German Finance Minister Hans Eichel.
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Russia rejected on Wednesday U.S. criticism of sweeping political changes proposed by President Vladimir Putin, saying this was strictly Moscow's business.
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Russia's foreign minister warns Moscow will stand firm on "red line" issues like missile defence and Kosovo.
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MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin says he wants to know if Washington is trying to isolate his country. He also says he has questions about the upcoming elections in Iraq.
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MOSCOW, Dec. 17 -- Russia pledged Friday to  ignore a U.S. court ban on the looming auction of oil giant Yukos' key production unit, while a consortium of Western banks reportedly put on hold billions of dollars in credit for the state-run Russian gas company that was expected to buy the unit.
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Russia said Saturday that it has suspended plans for further withdrawal of its troops from Georgia amid worsening relations between the two neighbors.
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Russia signaled Thursday that it would support a proposal to hold off imposing U.N. sanctions on Iran if Tehran suspends uranium enrichment.
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Iraq is still too dangerous for Russian  companies to work there, President Vladimir Putin was quoted as  saying on Friday.
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Bulgaria, one of Europe&#39;s poorest countries, will not heed a call by the Paris Club of creditor nations to forgive most of the $1.75 billion in debt it is owed by Iraq, its finance minister said on Monday.
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President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday he could not imagine how Iraqi elections scheduled for Jan. 30 could be held under current conditions.
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During a meeting in the Kremlin with Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed hope that &quot;the interests of Russian companies will be heeded both by the present Iraqi leadership and by the future government of Iraq
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Russia rejected on Wednesday U.S.  criticism of sweeping political changes proposed by President  Vladimir Putin, saying this was strictly Moscow's business.
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As a result of talks the Paris Club has arrived at a consolidated decision to write off 80 per cent of Iraq&#39;s debt, Russian Finance Minister Aleksey Kudrin told journalists on Sunday [21 November].
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The President's Cold War rhetoric upset the Russians. But he's looking for a foreign policy achievement to offset Iraq
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree permitting Russian organizations to sell weapons and military equipment to Iraq's provisional government, the Kremlin said Monday.
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The world's economic powers, ending three days of meetings, insisted Sunday they are moving closer to a deal on debt relief for Iraq and poor nations even though an agreement has proved elusive.
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A German member of parliament said Friday that Russia had offered to buy back its remaining Paris Club debt obligations to Germany at a premium, though the Russian government denied this.