U.S. will reject Putin radar offer: Russian general
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The United States has already made up  its mind to deploy its planned missile defense system in Europe  and will turn down a Russian offer to share a radar station in  Azerbaijan, Russia&#39;s top general said on Thursday.
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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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Washington should freeze development of its planned missile shield in eastern Europe while it weighs a counter-proposal from Russian President Vladimir Putin, a Kremlin spokesman said on Thursday.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard  said on Thursday he would tell Russian President Vladimir Putin  that he would not approve the sale of uranium to Moscow if  there was any possibility it could be resold to Iran or Syria.
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Russia warns Europe and US against recognising independent state
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Russia on Wednesday curtly rejected U.S. criticism of sweeping political changes proposed by President Vladimir Putin, telling Washington to stay out of its business.
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Russia hinted on Saturday that a proposed deal with the United States over the use of Russian radar stations as an alternative to building part of a U.S. missile defense system in eastern Europe, may not be reached.
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Russia and the United States could start consultations next month on Moscow'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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The United States told Russia on Thursday a Kremlin offer to share a radar site in Azerbaijan could not replace U.S. plans to site a missile shield in eastern Europe.
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Russia has indicated it will not allow  the United States to use a radar station in Azerbaijan for  missile defense against Iran, an Iranian foreign ministry  spokesman was quoted by the IRNA news agency as saying on  Sunday.
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MOSCOW -- The man considered to be a leading contender to succeed President Vladimir Putin criticized a landmark Soviet-US arms treaty yesterday as a "relic of the Cold War," and promised that Russia would have a "sword" capable of piercing a US missile shield.
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Russia curtly told the United States to  stay out of its business Wednesday after U.S. criticism, echoed  by the European Union, of President Vladimir Putin's plans for  radical change that will boost Kremlin power.
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A high-ranking Russian government official on Wednesday rejected a local newspaper report that the government headed by Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov would soon face a reshuffle.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin rejected a key recommendation of a United Nations panel on expanding the Security Council, saying Saturday that any reform would be one-sided if new members did not have veto power.
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President Vladimir Putin&#39;s  warning that Russia would aim missiles at Europe if the United  States pursued its plan for a missile defense shield near  Russia&#39;s borders is &quot;not helpful,&quot; a senior U.S. official said  on Monday.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday stood firm in his country's opposition to a U.S. missile defense system, saying it could lead to "a new spiral in the arms race."
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President Bush on Wednesday discounted Vladimir Putin's threat to re-target missiles on Europe, saying "Russia is not going to attack Europe."