Behind the Bush-Putin Happy Talk
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After six years of deteriorating relations, the best the two leaders can do now is put on a smiley face
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AS OIL prices hovered near record levels, United States President George W. Bush welcomed a personal assurance this week from his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin that Russia would
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CRAWFORD, Texas  - President Bush on Monday  received assurances from Russian President Vladimir Putin that  his country would boost production and export of oil as prices  hover near record levels.
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MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political commentator Pyotr Romanov) - During his second inauguration, President George W. Bush firmly promised the world that he would uphold Freedom and Democracy wherever these values ...
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KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine  - If U.S. President George W. Bush hopes fresh lobster and scenic boat rides will sway Russia's Vladimir Putin, he'll find out on Monday when they try to mend relations now at a post-Cold War low.
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December 15 (RIA Novosti) - President Vladimir Putin prefers his staff to comment on what he says and not vice versa.
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The US oil giant got a good price, Russia&#39;s No. 1 oil company acquired a savvy partner, and Putin polished Russia&#39;s image.
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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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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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WASHINGTON -- President Bush heaped praise yesterday on the president of Kazakhstan, a Central Asian country important to the United States as an oil supplier and war-on-terror ally, but which has a political system that stifles dissent.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin was the first world leader to express tributes to George W. Bush&#39;s victory in the US presidential race, saying it meant Americans had not allowed themselves to be cowed by terrorists.
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HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - U.S. President George W. Bush sought to calm tensions with Moscow on Thursday ahead of a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at a Group of Eight (G8) summit in Germany.
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President Bush will host the Russian president in Kennebunkport, Me., where the two leaders are to discuss several issues that have curdled relations between Washington and Moscow.
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President Bush said on Wednesday he was concerned that recent decisions by Russian President Vladimir Putin could undermine democracy in Russia.
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US President George W. Bush told Russian President Vladimir Putin in person for the first time that he worried about "overcentralization of power" in the Kremlin, said a senior US official.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin met Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma in the Vnukovo-2 government airport this evening. At the beginning of the meeting Putin said: &quot;Esteemed Leonid Danilovych, I am pleased
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President Vladimir Putin said Thursday he valued his partnership with President Bush but voiced suspicion that Washington might be behind what the Kremlin sees as efforts to isolate Russia - and even destabilize it.