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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President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that tests of new Russian missiles were a response to the planned deployment of U.S. missile defense installations and other forces in Europe, suggesting Washington has triggered a new arms race.
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President Vladimir Putin&#39;s warning  that Russia would aim missiles at Europe if Washington pursued  its plan to build a missile defence shield near Russian borders  is &quot;unhelpful and unwelcome,&quot; NATO said on Monday.
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US president in attempt to placate Vladimir Putin after Russian president's threat to aim missiles at western countries in retaliation.
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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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Russia's top general on Thursday ridiculed U.S. plans to deploy a missile shield in Europe as unworkable and warned Washington that Moscow could react with military force if it felt threatened.
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President Vladimir Putin criticized Washington's plans for an anti-missile system in Central Europe and said on Thursday Russia would come up with a "highly effective" response.
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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 &quot;a powder keg,&quot; Itar-Tass news  agency reported.
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Russia issued a veiled threat on Wednesday to deploy rockets in its Kaliningrad enclave bordering the European Union if the United States built a missile defence shield in central Europe.
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PRAGUE, June 5 -- President Bush sought to assuage Russian concerns about U.S. plans for a Europe-based anti-missile system Tuesday, restating his position that the project is aimed at rogue regimes that could launch an attack on Europe.
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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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WARSAW -- Despite deep differences between Europe and the United States over the Iraq war, missile defense, and NATO's future, President Vladimir Putin of Russia failed in a harsh speech to widen the dispute with Washington, according to security analysts in Poland and elsewhere.
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President Vladimir Putin said Russia would go back to its Cold War stance of aiming its missiles at Europe if Washington went ahead with a plan to build a missile defence shield near Russia's borders.
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Russian President Vladimir  Putin harshly criticized the United States and other Western  nations on Saturday for what he said was an attempt to force  their will on the rest of the world and make it "unipolar."
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HEILIGENDAMM, Germany, June 7 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin told President Bush Thursday that he would drop his objections to a U.S. missile defense system if Washington substantially altered current plans to base it entirely in Europe and instead involved Russia through a Soviet-era radar ...
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President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday the United States was seeking ways to resolve differences over a planned missile shield, but warned Russia could re-deploy weapons if Moscow's concerns were not heeded.
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PRAGUE, June 4 -- President Bush arrived here Monday to begin an eight-day visit to Europe, at a time when Russian President Vladimir Putin is threatening to retaliate against U.S. plans for a European missile defense system by aiming some of Russia's weapons at new targets on the continent.