Putin frowns on U.S. missiles in Europe
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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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Lithuania said on Thursday it was worried about Russia's threat to deploy new missiles in the neighboring region of Kaliningrad.
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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 George W. Bush on Tuesday warned that Europe urgently needs a US missile defense system to blunt a growing threat from Iran, despite vocal opposition from Russia.
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Russian leader Vladimir Putin said Tuesday he doesn't expect President Bush to react immediately to Russia's proposals for changes in the U.S. plan for a missile defense system in eastern Europe.
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NATO led criticism on Monday of  President Vladimir Putin&#39;s latest attack on a planned U.S.  missile shield, but Western reaction was generally muted ahead  of a Group of Eight (G8) encounter with Putin this week.
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President Bush's missile-shield plans are stoking cold-war tensions, as Putin threatens to re-aim Russian weapons at Europe.
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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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The United States and NATO on Monday criticized President Vladimir Putin's latest attack on a planned U.S. missile shield, but Western reaction was generally muted ahead of a Group of Eight encounter with Putin this week.
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President Bush's European trip was jarred as it began Monday by deteriorating relations with Russia and threatening words from President Vladimir Putin.
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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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Russian President Vladimir Putin sought anew Monday to bat down U.S. plans to build a missile defense shield in Eastern Europe, proposing that the system be expanded and largely Russian-based.
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MOSCOW. Feb. 8 -- President Vladimir Putin said Friday that "a new arms race has been unleashed in the world" as the United States moves forward with a missile defense system in Central Europe. And he dismissed American assurances that the system was not directed against Russia as nothing more than...
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Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Monday proposed expanding an anti-missile defense system for Europe and bringing NATO on board at talks with US President George W. Bush.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday warned that deploying a U.S. missile shield in Europe would turn the continent into "a powder keg", Itar-Tass news agency reported.
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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 warned on Tuesday that Russia could be forced to redirect its missiles towards Ukraine if Kiev joined the NATO military alliance.