U.S. shield makes Europe "powder keg": Putin
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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday warned that the deployment of a U.S. missile shield in Europe would turn the continent into "a powder keg".
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday the United States was seeking ways to resolve differences over a planned missile shield, but warned that Moscow could re-deploy weapons if its concerns were not heeded.
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President Vladimir Putin on Thursday scoffed at Washington's claims that possible deployment of U.S. missile defense sites in central Europe was intended to counter threats posed by Iran and said that Russia would take countermeasures.
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Russian President Putin  says a missile test was in answer to US plans to create a defence shield in Central Europe.
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COMPIEGNE, France  - Russian President Vladimir   Putin sought to reassure France and Germany on Saturday they   had nothing to fear from Moscow's growing economic clout and   held out the prospect of more natural gas for Europe.
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President Vladimir Putin&#39;s  warning that Russia would aim missiles at Europe if the United  States pursued its plan for a missile defense shield near  Russia&#39;s borders is &quot;not helpful,&quot; a senior U.S. official said  on Monday.
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Washington should freeze development of its planned missile shield in eastern Europe while it weighs a counter-proposal from Russian President Vladimir Putin, a Kremlin spokesman said on Thursday.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday he still hoped to reach a compromise with the United States over its plans to deploy a missile shield in Eastern Europe.
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The head of NATO urged Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday to engage more closely with the alliance to bridge differences over Kosovo and U.S. plans for a missile defense shield.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, with words reminiscent of the Cold War, warned Sunday that his military would respond to a planned American missile defense system near its borders by aiming its missiles at U.S. military bases in Europe.
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U.S. President George W. Bush sought to calm Russia's Vladimir Putin on Tuesday over plans for a U.S. missile defence shield in Eastern Europe, saying on the eve of a big-power summit that Russia had nothing to fear.
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President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday the United States was seeking ways to resolve differences over a planned missile shield, but warned Russia could re-deploy weapons if Moscow's concerns were not heeded.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin ( news - web sites ) on Thursday accused the United States and the European Union ( news - web sites ) of employing "double standards" in disputing the results of last month's ...
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President Vladimir Putin warned the United States on Thursday that Russia could take retaliatory measures if Washington failed to take heed of its concerns over a missile defense shield in Europe.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin compared the U.S. proposal to build a missile defense shield in Eastern Europe to the Cuban missile crisis of the 1960s.
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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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President Vladimir Putin said on Friday  that Russia would not allow itself to be drawn into what he  called a new global arms race.