Two-thirds of Germans back Putin's U.S. criticisms
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Around two in three Germans support  Russian President Vladimir Putin's view that the United States  is on a mission to become the world's "one single master,"  according to a poll released on Tuesday.
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MOSCOW, Jun 7 (IPS) - Russian President Vladimir Putin is prepared to  reaffirm his disagreement with Washington's view of Russian  democracy, reiterate objections to the proposed U.S. missile  shield in Eastern Europe and give more meaningful explanations on  the rules of the international community at the Group of Eight  (G8) summit under way in Germany this week, analysts say.
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SEN. JOHN McCAIN, R-Ariz., who is expected to run for president, hit back at Putin in a rebuttal at the Munich conference.Comment
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Several countries in the former Soviet bloc have lined up behind Russia in endorsing the disputed result of Ukraine's presidential election.
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MUNICH, Germany  - Russian President Vladimir Putin harshly criticized the United States and other Western nations on Saturday for what he said was an attempt to force their will on the rest of the world and make it "unipolar".
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Germany urged the United States on Saturday to back EU diplomacy on Iran to stop it acquiring nuclear weapons, while Tehran expressed optimism about reaching a deal with the Europeans.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, visiting Germany, has agreed on the participation of the Federal Republic of Germany and the European Union in settling the Chechen conflict.
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German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder pointed out Russian and German common positions on counter-terrorism. The governments of both countries [Russia and Germany] believes that counter-terrorism should be ...
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Russia will start paying its debts to Germany in 2005, German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said on Tuesday. Speaking at a press conference after negotiations with the Russian president, Vladimir Putin , in
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Germany's foreign minister on Monday called for a calm debate within the European Union, the NATO alliance and with Russia on U.S. plans to develop an anti-missile shield in Europe.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin defended his stance on Chechnya during talks with Germany&#39;s Gerhard SchrÃ¶der and France&#39;s Jacques Chirac on Tuesday after both questioned him on the matter.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin offers a number of concessions for a strengthened friendship with Germany, even a supporting role for Europe in solving the Chechnya conflict.
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Russia's political elite has been showing a striking willingness to take sides in the U.S. election &#151; most notably President Vladimir Putin, whose expression of support for President Bush reflects more than the two leaders' warm relationship.
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Former Czech President Vaclav Havel and  some 100 other world figures have signed a petition criticizing  Russian President Vladimir Putin for using the Beslan school  hostage drama to undermine democracy.
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Members of Germany's opposition Green party instructed their leaders at a party congress over the weekend to withdraw their support for the German military engagement in Afghanistan.While the decision cannot actually affect Germany's current foreign policy -- since Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition government does not need opposition votes for a renewal of the troop's mandate next month -- it is indicative of the deep split which has developed within the Greens.
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BERLIN - A senior German minister &#39;s comments, which appeared to soften Berlin&#39;s hardline opposition to sending troops to Iraq sparked a round of diplomatic activity across the Atlantic.
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Germany has won support from the United States and Britain for an initiative to tighten controls on hedge funds, a newspaper reported on Monday.