Russia resists missile defense plan
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Russia's top diplomat accused the United States of launching a new arms race as the two nations traded barbs Wednesday over U.S. plans to erect a missile defense system in countries formerly under Moscow's influence.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that U.S. plans to build a missile defense system in Eastern Europe would force Moscow to target its weapons against Europe.
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Russia rejected on Wednesday U.S. criticism of sweeping political changes proposed by President Vladimir Putin, saying this was a matter strictly for Moscow to decide.
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Russia said on Saturday that Washington should freeze its missile defence talks with the Czech Republic and Poland pending examination of an alternative Russian proposal on using an Azerbaijani radar site.
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Japan tried to reassure Russia about its  missile defense ties with the United States on Tuesday, after  Moscow expressed opposition to Tokyo's involvement in the  system earlier this month.
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China joined Russia on Tuesday in criticizing a U.S. plan to build a missile defense system in Europe, saying the system could set off an arms race.
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A U.S. plan to base a missile defense system in eastern Europe triggered friction among NATO allies on Monday as the Czech Republic rejected criticism of talks with Washington over its possible participation.
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The Czech Republic said on Tuesday it  would not be intimidated by Russia over plans to site parts of  a U.S. missile defense system on its territory and said  attempts at "blackmail" by Moscow would backfire.
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MOSCOW - New nuclear weapons systems being developed in Russia could include a missile designed to defeat the US missile defence shield.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin sought anew Monday to bat down U.S. plans to build a missile defense shield in Eastern Europe, proposing that the system be expanded and largely Russian-based.
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Russia rejects US criticism of plans to strengthen central government control in the wake of the Beslan siege.
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Russia today defended a plan to launch preventive strikes on guerrilla bases in other countries, saying it was merely following accepted international practice.
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Russia issued a veiled threat on Wednesday to deploy rockets in its Kaliningrad enclave bordering the European Union if the United States built a missile defence shield in central Europe.
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates' assertion that the Bush administration will not replace its plan for a missile defense system in Eastern Europe with Russia's counterproposal for a radar site in Azerbaijan was met Friday with silence.
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The Czech Republic said on Tuesday it would not be intimidated by Russia over plans to site parts of a U.S. missile defence system on its soil, and said attempts at "blackmail" by Moscow would backfire.Comment
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Leaders of leftist parties in central Europe said Friday they oppose plans by Washington to build parts of its missile defense system in the region.
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Vladimir Putin repeats his threat to target neighbouring states over the proposed US missile defence shield.