Putin proposes widening missile defense system for Europe
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Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Monday proposed expanding an anti-missile defense system for Europe and bringing NATO on board at talks with US President George W. Bush.
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President Vladimir V. Putin suggested that Russia would not object to American interceptor missiles in Iraq, Turkey or at sea.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russia&#39;s armed forces will shortly acquire unique missile technology, unmatched by any other nuclear power.
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President Vladimir Putin stepped up Kremlin control over Russia's regions and called for moves to improve security in the north Caucasus after the Beslan school hostage tragedy.
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President Vladimir Putin criticized the United States and NATO on Friday for military expansion toward Russia's borders and said Moscow would respond by modernizing its military and weapons systems
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Speaking to the country&#39;s top military brass on Wednesday, President Vladimir Putin announced that Russia&#39;s nuclear deterrent would soon be significantly upgraded with weapons technology unmatched by other nuclear powers.
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MOSCOW. Feb. 8 -- President Vladimir Putin said Friday that "a new arms race has been unleashed in the world" as the United States moves forward with a missile defense system in Central Europe. And he dismissed American assurances that the system was not directed against Russia as nothing more than...
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The Russian defence minister raises the idea of basing new missiles close to Poland and Lithuania.
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Russia may point missiles at Europe if the US goes ahead with its missile defence plans, President Vladimir Putin says.
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Russia is working on new nuclear missile systems that other powers do not have in order to protect itself against future security threats, President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday.
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Vladimir Putin, bitterly opposed to a U.S. missile shield in Europe, presented President Bush with a surprise counterproposal Thursday built around a Soviet-era radar system in Azerbaijan rather than new defenses in Poland and the Czech Republic. Bush said it was an interesting suggestion and promised to consider it.
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Russia could aim nuclear missiles at Ukraine if the former Soviet republic joins NATO and accepts the deployment of anti-missile defenses on its territory, President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday.
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HEILIGENDAMM, Germany -- President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia proposed yesterday that an existing missile-defense radar system in Azerbaijan be used to protect Europe from a possible future attack from Iran, and President Bush said the United States and Russia would begin talks to find areas of potential strategic cooperation.
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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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The head of NATO urged Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday to engage more closely with the alliance to bridge differences over Kosovo and U.S. plans for a missile defense shield.
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Russia is working on new nuclear missile  systems that other powers do not have in order to protect  itself against future security challenges, President Vladimir  Putin said Wednesday.
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Russia is developing a new nuclear missile system unlike any weapon held by other countries, President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday, a move that could serve as a signal to the United States as Washington pushes forward with a missile defense system.