Divided EU hosts Russia's Putin at summit
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The European Union opened summit talks with Russia in disarray on Friday after Poland vetoed the start of talks on a partnership pact.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin&#39;s defiant stance on issues ranging from missile defence to the killing of a former Russian agent in London threatens to overshadow this week&#39;s G8 summit.
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MAFRA, Portugal  - Russian President Vladimir Putin began his last summit with European Union leaders on Friday but gave little hope for progress over trade and energy disputes that have strained ties.
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EU summit urged to agree to independence plan amid fear that Russia would oppose new UN mandate
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Russian President Vladimir Putin will host a summit with French President Jacques Chirac and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder at his Black Sea residence later this month, the Kremlin announced today.
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President Vladimir Putin took over once again as head of the CIS ex-Soviet bloc at a summit in the Kazakh capital Astana, the Interfax news agency reported.
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The twice-yearly EU-Russia summit today in the Dutch city of The Hague was predictably overshadowed by the aftermath of the 21 November presidential election in Ukraine.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Pope Benedict XVI met Tuesday for the highest-level Kremlin-Vatican talks in more than three years, focusing on easing tension between Roman Catholics and Orthodox Christians and finding common ground in denouncing intolerance and extremism.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Helsinki on a working visit Thursday, the day before a Russia-EU summit in the Finnish capital.Comment
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ASTANA, Kazakhstan _ Undoubtedly, the main summit talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sept. 21 will be the highlight of President Roh Moo-hyunâs first official visit to Russia.
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President Vladimir Putin said in a veiled warning to Poland and other East European nations on Wednesday they risked creating fresh divisions in Europe by treating Russia as an enemy instead of a strategic partner.
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The European Union and Russia agreed at a summit on Friday to end a 20-year fight over access to Russian airspace, after a dispute over Polish meat imports blocked the start of talks on a broader cooperation pact.
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MOSCOW - The US and Russian presidents, George W. Bush and Vladimir Putin, will hold a summit in the Slovak capital Bratislava, on February 24, the Kremlin said on Monday.
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Europe&#39;s show of unity with Vladimir Putin was shattered yesterday when Russia accused the European Union of &#39;blasphemy&#39; for demanding an explanation of how the Beslan school hostage crisis ended in massacre.
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25 November 2004 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has started meeting with European Union leaders today in the Netherlands. Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende, who holds the rotating EU Presidency
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin delivers his speech at the Security Conference in Munich, southern Germany, Saturday, Feb.Comment
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President Vladimir Putin is expected to assert a Russian view of global security sharply at odds with that of the United States, when he speaks at a security conference.