Schroeder defends Baltic Sea pipeline and ties to Putin
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A controversial Russian-German pipeline being built under the Baltic Sea will not affect Ukrainian or Polish interests, former German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said in an interview published Saturday.
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TOULOUSE, January 18 (RIA Novosti s Andrei Nizamutdinov) - Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany Gerhard Schroeder has spoken out for the development of cooperation between European countries and Russia ...
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Russia's President Putin denies claims that Russia is using its energy exports as a foreign policy tool.
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MOSCOW Russia&#39;s foreign minister on Wednesday defended sweeping political changes announced earlier this week by President Vladimir Putin, telling the United States and other critics that the plans were an internal matter.
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President Vladimir V. Putin on Thursday strongly defended Russia&#39;s takeover of the main subsidiary of the Yukos oil company by a state oil company.
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Boris Kuznetsov made his name defending people who fell foul of the Russian state.
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German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said that the hike in oil prices was not currently hurting the eurozone's biggest economy but that he was closely watching the cost of crude.
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MAFRA, Portugal  - Russian President Vladimir Putin sparred with European Union leaders on Friday over EU plans to limit foreign investment in its energy markets and Russia's stalled bid to join the World Trade Organization.
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The EU and Russia say they will try to avoid "misunderstandings" over energy policy in future.
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Critics say Putin's regime stifles dissent in the press.
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Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday defended Germany's troop deployment in Afghanistan, even as a kidnapped German was found dead there and government officials warned the country is facing a higher risk of terrorist attacks.
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President Vladimir Putin of Russia has denied that politics was driving a legal crackdown on the Yukos oil giant and its founder, Mr Mikhail Khodorkovsky, a day after the firm&#39;s biggest shareholder launched legal action against the Russian government.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin Thursday strongly defended the takeover by state oil firm Rosneft of stricken oil major YUKOS's key production unit, Yuganskneftegaz, saying it was a legitimate business deal.
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MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin delivered a tough defense Thursday of the secretive transfer of the crumbling Yukos oil empire&#39;s most lucrative fields to a state company, adding acidly that a US judge who sought to block the sale most likely couldn&#39;t
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has said the country&#39;s existing business inquiries and tax probes should not be seen as a threat to other companies.
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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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President Vladimir Putin said yesterday he values his partnership with President Bush, but voiced suspicion that Washington might be behind what the Kremlin sees as efforts to isolate Russia - and even ...