Russia wants more clarity on U.S. anti-missile plan
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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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MOSCOW -- The US national security adviser sought yesterday to ease Russian concerns about American intentions, saying he did not consider a fiery speech by President Vladimir Putin to have been a sign of confrontation, and reiterating reassurances about US missile defense plans.
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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 set up a missile shield in eastern Europe.
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A Russian general has threatened a tough response if the United States goes ahead with a plan to site a missile defence system in Poland and the Czech Republic.
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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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The United States told Russia on Thursday a Kremlin offer to share a radar site in Azerbaijan could not replace U.S. plans to site a missile shield in eastern Europe.
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President George W. Bush said on Monday said he hoped that a plan for U.S. and Russian experts to analyze each other's proposal for a missile defense shield would be beneficial.
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Polish and U.S. officials met Thursday to discuss a U.S. request to place a missile defense base in Poland &#151; a day after Russian President Vladimir Putin warned anew that the system could spark a new arms race.
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HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed on Thursday that the United States join Russia in developing a missile defense system he hopes will replace U.S. plans to deploy a missile shield in central Europe.
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The United States has not adequately answered Russia's questions on its plans to build components for its missile defense system in former Soviet satellite states in Europe, Russia's top diplomat said Tuesday.
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The United States has reassured Poland it is taking steps to cooperate more with Russia and NATO on plans to set up a missile defense system in eastern Europe, a top U.S. diplomat said Thursday.
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Russia hinted on Wednesday it may  station missiles in its most westerly region bordering EU  members Poland and Lithuania, if the United States does not  cooperate over plans for a European missile shield.
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Russia said today that it would suspend its obligations under a key cold war-era arms control treaty in response to U.S. plans to deploy a missile shield.
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Russia's plan to quit an arms control treaty tightens already tense ties with the U.S. and adds new friction to the dispute over the Bush administration's intentions for a missile defense system in Eastern Europe.
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The United States is trying to gauge whether an incident at sea last weekend indicated Russia was resuming a Cold War "mind-set" and is considering how the Pentagon should respond, a senior U.S. military official said on Tuesday.
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U.S. President George W. Bush tried to calm rising tensions with Moscow over a planned missile defense system ahead of a meeting Thursday with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin at a meeting of the world's richest nations.
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Moscow and Washington are no closer to resolving their differences over U.S. plans for a missile shield in Europe despite talks on a compromise, a senior Russian diplomat said on Wednesday.