Russia protests US missile shield but vows to avoid arms race
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Russian Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov has protested against US plans to set up a missile shield in Poland and the Czech Republic but vowed that Moscow would not be drawn into any arms race.
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Russia will once again aim its missiles at targets in Europe if U.S. plans to build a missile defense shield near Russia's borders go ahead, President Vladimir Putin was quoted as saying on Sunday.
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Russia successfully tests two intercontinental missiles amid renewed criticism over US missile defence plans.
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President Bush and Polish President Lech Kaczynski on Monday defended plans for a missile defense shield fiercely opposed by Russia.
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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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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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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.
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Russia will once again aim its missiles at  targets in Europe if U.S. plans to build a missile defense  shield near Russia&#39;s borders go ahead, President Vladimir Putin  was quoted as saying on Sunday.
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President Bush signaled Friday the United States will press ahead with a missile defense shield in Eastern Europe despite Russia's heated objections. Poland's president expressed support for installing interceptor rockets in his country.
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Russia has nothing to fear from a  planned U.S. anti-missile system in central Europe, NATO  Supreme Allied Commander John Craddock said on Friday.
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Russia issued a veiled warning on Friday that it could deploy rockets in its Kaliningrad enclave bordering the European Union if Washington does not draw back from its missile defence plans.
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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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Russia's foreign minister urged the United States on Saturday to freeze plans for missile defense installations in eastern Europe during negotiations and warned that the proposal &#151; intended to serve as a buffer against Iran &#151; could backfire.
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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.
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Russia said on Saturday  its offer to the United States of joint use of a radar it  controls in Azerbaijan made a planned American missile shield  in central Europe unnecessary.
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MAFRA, Portugal - President Vladimir V. Putin yesterday evoked one of the most dangerous confrontations of the Cold War to highlight Russian opposition to a proposed US missile defense system in Europe, comparing it to the Cuban missile crisis of 45 years ago.
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Russia hopes Washington will take seriously its objections to the U.S. missile shield plan, Russia's foreign minister said on Thursday before President Vladimir Putin's visit to the United States.