Russia, U.S. Clash Over Ukraine, OSCE Monitoring
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Russia and the United States on Tuesday clashed over efforts to win influence in Ukraine and other former Soviet republics, with Moscow warning the West against interference and Washington rejecting the charge.
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(CBS/AP) Russia castigated the United States on Wednesday for its willingness to hold talks with Chechens agitating for independence and suggested the issue could harm bilateral relations, the Interfax news agency reported.
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"I personally talked to the Russian president about it. Unfortunately, there is no response to this issue whatsoever from the Russian side."  Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko says officials in Russia are hindering a probe to determine who poisoned him with dioxin during the 2004 presidential election campaign. via The Age
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The United States and Russia are moving closer in their view of the political developments in Ukraine, US officials said Thursday, as prospects improved for a peaceful resolution
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The Bush administration is hoping for a pro-Western outcome in today&#39;s presidential election in Ukraine, but at the same time has to be careful not to antagonize Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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STATE DEPARTMENT The State Department is calling on Ukraine to investigate allegations of fraud in its presidential elections -- or risk souring relations with the US.
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The massacre of children by Muslim terrorists in southern Russia has widened a rift between Washington and Moscow on how to resolve the conflict in Chechnya and threatened to undermine the
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The US State Department moved to minimize differences with Russia over Ukraine and Iraq, saying that relations between Washington and Moscow were "outstanding" after the two countries clashed at the OSCE international security body over the issues with Cold War-style rhetoric.
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A tense Ukraine awaited a supreme court hearing on a bitterly disputed presidential election that has split this former Soviet republic and left Moscow and Western capitals glowering at each other across a Cold War-like divide.
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WASHINGTON -- A debate is brewing at the highest levels of the Bush administration over whether to adopt a tougher stance toward Russia and its president, Vladimir Putin, who has systematically rolled back democratic freedoms and tried to snuff out democracy in weak neighboring states with little American opposition, according to US officials and policy analysts.
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Georgia and Russia clashed at the United Nations on Wednesday over an incident in which Georgian security forces killed two Russian officers training insurgents in the breakaway region of Abkhazia.
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MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday raised the possibility that the United States is trying to âisolateâ Russia from its neighbours among the former Soviet republics amid ongoing tension over elections in Ukraine.
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POTSDAM, Germany, May 30 -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Wednesday tangled fiercely over U.S. proposals to grant Kosovo independence and build a missile defense shield. Lavrov accused the United States of starting a new arms race with its plan to...
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Ukrainian authorities vowed on Friday to uphold public order during a crucial presidential election rerun this weekend, but tensions mounted as the vote drew near, prompting an assurance from Russia that it would not use underhanded tactics to affect the
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The political crisis in Ukraine has touched off a fresh debate inside the White House and foreign policy offices over how President Bush should handle Russian President Vladimir Putin&#39;s increasingly
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NATO's chief and a top Russian lawmaker on Monday clashed over a U.S. plan for a missile defense system in Eastern Europe.
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Top U.S. and Russian security officials  sought to strike a more conciliatory tone in talks on Thursday  after months of growing tensions between Washington and Moscow.