U.S. Congress Addresses Lukashenko With Kremlin in Mind
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The Belarus Democracy Act passed by the U.S. Congress earlier this week imposes sanctions on the post-Soviet republic and bars senior Belarusian leaders from entering the United States.
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Belarus president Alexander Lukashenko, criticized in the West for his authoritarian tendencies, presented the public with a new memorial to Soviet secret police founder Felix Dzerzhinsky at a ceremony in the ...
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Russia and Belarus are to form their positions on the terms of the introduction of the common currency of the Union State by mid-February 2005, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov said following the session ...
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Russia should radically revise its position in the Russia-Belarus Union, Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Friday.
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MINSK, Belarus  - Belarussian President Alexander  Lukashenko, seen in the West as Europe's last hard-line leader,  expressed delight Monday at an endorsement of his plan to stay  in power and said he saw no reason to alter policy.
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Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko thinks that Belarus will receive enough natural gas from Russia.
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During today meeting Volodymyr Lytvyn informed the delegation about the internal situation in the country and ways of its settlement.
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Poland and the Czech Republic could  become targets for the Russian military if they agree to host  elements of a U.S. missile defense system, Russian news  agencies quoted a senior Russian lawmaker as saying on Monday.
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U.S. President George W. Bush plans on  Tuesday to hail democratic strides made by former Soviet states  like the Czech Republic, in a speech that may further inflame  tensions with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Polish lawmakers expect to discuss in the next few days a U.S. request to set up part of a planned missile defense system in Poland, the prime minister said Tuesday.Comment
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PRAGUE, June 5 -- President Bush declared Tuesday that Russia has "derailed" democratic reforms and that the United States would continue to press it on this issue. The remarks, his most pointed public comments about civil liberties in Russia, came at a time of heightened tensions with Moscow.
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WASHINGTON -- In a phone call yesterday initiated by Vladimir Putin, President Bush and the Russian leader agreed to continue discussing Moscow's concerns about independence for Kosovo, a sensitive subject expected to come up next month in the UN Security Council.
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Supporters of Ukrainian presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko reconsidered plans to travel to his opponent's eastern stronghold after a tense standoff, and a U.S. congressional delegation arrived in Ukraine Saturday to press for fairness in the Dec. 26 runoff election.
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Ex-Soviet Belarus agreed to join forces with Russia in opposing U.S. plans for a missile shield in Europe on Friday after the Kremlin patched up differences with its strategic ally by promising cheap gas next year.
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President George W. Bush will host Russia's President Vladimir Putin in July amid tensions over U.S. plans to build a missile shield in Europe and criticism that Moscow is retreating on democracy.
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The Foreign Ministry said that Russia was against possible U.S. sanctions against Belarus.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin asked State Duma and Federation Council Speakers Boris Gryzlov and Sergei Mironov to begin consultations with Ukrainian parliamentarians on the introduction of dual citizenship between Russia and Ukraine.