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Moscow
Backs Down
on Missile Shield

Putin's tough talk yields to unexpected compromise proposal

Jun 7, 07 1:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - After weeks of exchanging sharp criticism with US officials, Vladimir Putin today suggested a truce over a controversial missile shield in Eastern Europe. In talks with President Bush at the G8 summit, the Russian president reversed course and said Moscow would support US plans for the shield if it is... More »

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missile shield • Moscow • Vladimir Putin • G8 summit • Azerbaijan • George W. Bush

Bush Tries to Calm Russian Fury Over Missile Shield

'The Cold War is over,' says the president

Jun 5, 07 9:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Russia has nothing to fear from a US missile shield in Eastern Europe, President Bush insisted in a speech in the Czech Republic today aimed at smoothing Vladimir Putin's ruffled feathers en route to the G8 summit. The Russian president threatened over the weekend to aim nuclear warheads at Europe... More »

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Russia • Eastern Europe • missile shield • Poland • Vladimir Putin • Czech Republic • George W. Bush

US and Russia Lock Horns over Kosovo, Missile Shield

Cold War fault lines rumble
at prelim G-8 summit

May 31, 07 4:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US counterpart Condi Rice butted heads during a sit-down with G-8 foreign ministers yesterday, over US plans to grant Kosovo independence and build a missile defense shield in the region. The entire group endorsed freeing Kosovo from Serbian control, the Washington Post reports, except... More »

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Russia • Serbia • missile shield • Poland • anti missile bases • Condoleezza Rice • nuclear weapons • Czech Republic • United States • Sergei Lavrov • Kosovo • independence • G8 summit • missile

Russia Tests New Missile System

Russian nuclear arsenal can now circumvent defense shields

May 30, 07 4:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Russia tested a new line of missiles yesterday that the Kremlin claims can penetrate any defense system. Putin took the opportunity to reiterate his warning that the US plan to to deploy an anti-missile shield in Poland and the Czech Republic will turn the region into a "powder keg,... More »

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nuclear proliferation • Russia • missile shield • anti missile bases • nuclear weapons • RS 24 • ICBMS • missile

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