Putin, EU leaders to meet amid disputes
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and European Union leaders were to hold a summit on Friday at which hosts Portugal intended to patch up relations with Moscow despite brewing disputes.
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Tuesday's meeting of the Finnish and Russian presidents touched upon a number of issues concerning relations between the two countries.
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By Dario Thuburne Helsinki - Russian and EU leaders gathered on Friday for a summit in Helsinki that has been deeply clouded by a Polish veto on EU partnership talks with Moscow and wider discord in EU-Russia ...Comment
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The European Union opened summit talks with Russia in disarray on Friday after Poland vetoed talks on a partnership pact.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair said Wednesday that he plans to have a &quot;frank discussion&quot; with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G8 summit, amid rising tensions between the West and Moscow.
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Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin during their meeting in the House of Estates in Helsinki prior to the EU-Russia Summit.Comment
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Russia and NATO states on Wednesday  struggled to find common ground to resolve a row over a  European arms pact, snagged over Moscow&#39;s refusal to close  bases in the former Soviet republics of Georgia and Moldova.
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THE HAGUE -- Russia and the European Union failed yesterday to complete negotiations on a &quot;strategic partnership&quot; because of disagreements over security and other issues at a summit overshadowed by the Ukraine political crisis. The two sides said they were confident a final pact will be reached next May, however.
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President George W. Bush will host Russia's President Vladimir Putin in July amid friction between the two over U.S. plans to build a missile shield in Europe and U.S. criticism that Moscow is moving backward on democracy.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Pope Benedict XVI met Tuesday for the highest-level Kremlin-Vatican talks in more than three years, focusing on easing tension between Roman Catholics and Orthodox Christians and finding common ground in denouncing intolerance and extremism.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin is to attend an EU summit despite diplomatic sniping over the  Ukraine crisis.
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BRUSSELS, Oct 25 (IPS) - Encounters between Russian President Vladimir Putin  and European Union leaders can be embarrassing affairs -- at  least for those EU politicians who fret whenever the bloc's  image as a defender of democracy is sullied.
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The EU Commission crisis prompts Russia to postpone this week's talks with EU leaders.
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WARSAW -- Despite deep differences between Europe and the United States over the Iraq war, missile defense, and NATO's future, President Vladimir Putin of Russia failed in a harsh speech to widen the dispute with Washington, according to security analysts in Poland and elsewhere.
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European Union leaders began a crucial summit on Thursday with hopes of an agreement on reforms of the bloc's creaking institutions hanging in the balance over demands made by Britain and Poland.
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Top U.S. and Russian security officials  sought to strike a more conciliatory tone in talks on Thursday  after months of growing tensions between Washington and Moscow.
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The European Union Wednesday weighed into a flaring diplomatic dispute between Britain and Russia by criticising Moscow for failing to cooperate with a probe into the murder of a former agent in London.