Russia Said to Sign Weapons Deal With U.S.
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The chief of Russia's state arms-trading company said Wednesday that Moscow will sign a deal with the United States to tighten control over portable anti-aircraft missiles but won't restrict sales of other weapons to countries out of favor with Washington.
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President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday urged the United States to begin negotiations on a new weapons treaty to replace the key START agreement that expires in 2009.
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A deal to create a Russian metals  giant is likely to be signed as early as Monday, the Wall  Street Journal reported on its Web site on Sunday, citing  people familiar with the talks.
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Russia proposed a treaty on Tuesday to  ban the deployment of weapons in outer space, warning that  their development could lead to a new arms race and a repeat of  the Cold War.
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Britain and the United States signed a treaty Thursday to cut red tape on arms deals and improve the compatibility of military equipment.
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HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - A U.S. official said on Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin had shown a willingness to cooperate on missile defence in talks with U.S. President George W. Bush.
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Poland expects to sign an agreement with  the United States by October to allow parts of a U.S.  anti-missile shield to be built on Polish soil, a Polish  official was quoted as saying on Wednesday.
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Iran has said it has contracts with Russia to build more nuclear power plants with Russian help, despite US concerns that by-products from the plants could be used to manufacture nuclear weapons, the Hi Pakistan news agency reported.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin cemented Moscow's military presence in the former Soviet republic of Tajikistan, signing a deal Saturday to establish a permanent base for troops deployed there since before the Soviet collapse.
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Russia's military is capable of firing  missiles at Poland and the Czech Republic if they agreed to  host a U.S. missile shield, Russia's Strategic Forces commander  said, but added it was for the Kremlin to decide.
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Russia hopes Washington will take seriously its objections to the U.S. missile shield plan, Russia's foreign minister said on Thursday before President Vladimir Putin's visit to the United States.
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Russia wants more concrete reasons from  Washington as to why it plans to build an anti-missile system  in Poland and the Czech Republic, Foreign Minister Sergei  Lavrov said on Tuesday.
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Russia said on Friday &quot;certain states&quot;  were hampering efforts to prevent the spread of weapons of mass  destruction and other armaments, pointing a finger at the  United States over space-based weapons.
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BERLIN - The United States is prepared to offer concessions to Russia over the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty to try to persuade Moscow to soften its positions on Kosovo and Iran, diplomats said yesterday.
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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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Russia will not quit a key arms control  pact next week at a conference in Vienna, local news agencies  quoted Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as saying on Wednesday.
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The Kremlin said Putin signed a parliament bill late on Thursday confirming Russia&#39;s ratification of the protocol. Both chambers of Russia&#39;s parliament approved ratification of the pact last month after Putin pointed the way.