Bush democracy speech in Prague may irk Moscow
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U.S. President George W. Bush plans on Tuesday to hail democratic strides made by former communist nations like the Czech Republic, in a speech that may further inflame tensions with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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President Bush knows what he wants from Vladimir Putin's visit to his dad's seaside home. Convince Putin that a U.S. missile defense system in Eastern Europe would not threaten Russia. Bring the Kremlin behind tough new penalties aimed at Iran's suspected nuclear weapons program. Generally defrost relations.
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U.S. President George W. Bush plans on Tuesday to hail democratic strides made by former Soviet states like the Czech Republic, in a speech that may further inflame tensions with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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President George W. Bush will host Russia's President Vladimir Putin in July amid friction between the two over U.S. plans to build a missile shield in Europe and U.S. criticism that Moscow is moving backward on democracy.
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WASHINGTON - US President George Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet in Slovakia in late February as part of the American administration&#39;s attempts to smooth international relations, according to reports.
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President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia threatened to point Russian missiles at Europe if the U.S. builds its missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic.
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U.S. relations with Russia are on simmer, so President Bush's meeting Monday with Russian President Vladimir Putin will be judged on how respectfully the two leaders agree to disagree.
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US President George W. Bush on Tuesday kicked off a whirlwind European tour in the Czech Republic -- focus of a bitter row with Russia over plans to deploy a US missile defence shield in Central Europe.
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BERLIN -- Setting an uncompromising tone before the start of the Group of Eight summit meeting in Germany on Wednesday, President Vladimir Putin has warned that Moscow would be forced to find missile targets of its own in Europe if the United States built its missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic.
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MOSCOW -- In a statement reflecting the growing distrust between Moscow and the West, a top Russian general warned yesterday that Poland and the Czech Republic risk being targeted by Russian missiles if they agree to host US missile defense bases.
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US President George W Bush has reiterated his desire to develop a stronger relationship with Russia. He is expected to meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Slovakia in February.
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"I expect that cooperation to continue"  The Bush administration wants deals by the end of the year for missile defense bases in Eastern Europe, but getting the Czech Republic and Poland to go along with that timetable could be difficult.Poland's opposition party ousted ruling conservatives in parliamentary elections on Sunday, though Defense Secretary Robert Gates suggested Monday he still believes Warsaw will cooperate.The Pentagon wants to install 10 interceptor rockets in Poland which, when linked to a proposed tracking radar in the Czech Republic and to other elements of the existing U.S. missile defense system based in the United States, could defend all of Europe against a long-range missile fired from the Middle East. Read more
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President George W. Bush on Tuesday  criticized Russia and China on democracy, saying the United  States would continue building relationships with those  countries but without abandoning its values.
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ROME -- President Bush yesterday received an endorsement in Poland for placing missile interceptors there, and President Vladimir Putin of Russia presented a second alternative in two days for where the United States should install the missile-defense system.
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The President's Cold War rhetoric upset the Russians. But he's looking for a foreign policy achievement to offset Iraq
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President George W. Bush, whose  administration has criticized anti-democratic moves in Russia,  said on Thursday he hopes for candid talks with Russian  President Vladimir Putin next week but will not lecture him.
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PRAGUE -- President Bush presented a determined argument yesterday for support of a US missile-defense system to be deployed here and in Poland, and he said Russia had nothing to fear from the weaponry.