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 We'll Ride Nuke to Mars: Russia 

Space program plans elusive nuclear spaceship by 2012

Oct 30, 09 12:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Russians are planning to ride a $600 million nuclear-powered spaceship to Mars, and they say they may begin construction by 2012. “It’s a very serious project, and we need to find the money,” president Dmitry Medvedev says. Small nuclear reactors and batteries have long powered satellites,... More »

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Russia • Mars • nuclear reactor • satellite • space travel • spacecraft • Dmitry Medvedev • nuclear energy • spaceship

 Obama Scores on Nuclear Proliferation at UN 

Manages to get Russia and China to cooperate

Sep 24, 09 9:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama scored two significant victories at the UN yesterday, cajoling Dmitry Medvedev into saying he would get behind tougher nuclear sanctions against Iran, and convincing both Russia and China to support a resolution strengthening the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. Publicly the administration wouldn’t acknowledge any quid-pro-quo, but several official... More »

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China • Iran • nuclear proliferation • Russia • Barack Obama • United Nations • UN sanctions • Dmitry Medvedev

ANALYSIS

Russia Shifts on Iran, But Why Remains Unclear

Did Obama convince Medvedev, or is it quid pro quo, Ambinder wonders

Sep 23, 09 8:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - Has the US finally convinced Russia that reining in Iran is in both countries’ common interest? Or are indications today that Russia could support sanctions on the rogue nuclear program part of a quid-pro-quo arrangement that President Obama launched last week by shelving the Eastern European missile shield? Marc Ambinder... More »

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Iran • Russia • nuclear program • Dmitry Medvedev • international sanctions • quid pro quo • President Obama • Marc Ambinder

UPDATED


 Obama to UN: 
 US Can't Solve 
 World's Problems 

President to take blunt approach in first General Assembly address

Sep 23, 09 9:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama told the UN today that the global community has too long been "defined by our differences and outpaced by our problems." He said he was aware of the high expectations for his presidency, and he acknowledged US failings, but said solving the world's problems is not... More »

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Barack Obama • United Nations • diplomacy • UN General Assembly • unilateralism • Dmitry Medvedev • Yukio Hatoyama

Israel Not Planning to Bomb Iran: Russian Prez

Dmitry Medvedev says Benjamin Netanyahu made assurance on secret visit

Sep 20, 09 6:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Russia's president says Israeli officials have promised him they are not planning to strike Iran to destroy its uranium enrichment program, the Jerusalem Post reports. In a transcript of a CNN interview released today, President Dmitry Medvedev says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made the assurance on a secret visit... More »

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Benjamin Netanyahu • Dmitry Medvedev

 Russia Silent 
 on Iran Concessions 

Critics charge that Obama may have scrapped missile shield for nothing

Sep 19, 09 5:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - While Russia's leaders praised President Obama's decision to drop plans for a missile shield in Eastern Europe yesterday, they were conspicuously silent on whether they would, in return, join the West in pressuring Iran to halt its nuclear program, the New York Times reports. If Russia doesn't start taking a... More »

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Iran • Russia • missile shield • Vladimir Putin • nuclear weapons • nuclear program • missile defense system • Dmitry Medvedev • Obama administration

Putin Eyes Return to
Russian Presidency

Prime minister says he and Medvedev will decide who gets to run in 2012

Sep 12, 09 6:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Vladimir Putin hinted yesterday that current Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is just keeping his seat warm for him until he can return to his old job in 2012, the Financial Times reports. The prime minister—barred by the constitution from seeking a third consecutive term as president last year—said... More »

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Vladimir Putin • Kremlin • United Russia • Dmitry Medvedev • Russian elections • Russian president

 Chávez in Russia for 
 Military Spending Spree 

Venezuela recognizes breakaway republics ahead of arms deal talks

Sep 10, 09 5:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hugo Chávez arrived in Moscow today, where the Venezuelan president is reportedly ready for an arms "shopping spree." Chávez is ready to buy at least 100 tanks for $500 million, reports the Times of London, and a Kremlin aide said Venezuela may get loans for helicopters,... More »

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Russia • Venezuela • Vladimir Putin • arms deal • tanks • Hugo Chávez • Dmitry Medvedev • Abkhazia • South Ossetia

US May Scrap Polish, Czech Missile Sites; Russia Pleased

Alternative sites in Turkey and the Balkans under consideration

Aug 29, 09 5:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - The White House may drop sites in Poland and the Czech Republic where the Bush administration planned to build a billion-dollar missile defense shield, the New York Times reports. The alternative plans under consideration would please Russia and Germany but strain ties with Eastern Europe, where the Obama administration's review... More »

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Iran • Russia • Turkey • Poland • Czech Republic • Balkans • Dmitry Medvedev • Obama administration

SLIDESHOW

 Obama Women 
 Hit Moscow in Style 


Jul 7, 09 6:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Michelle, Malia, and Sasha Obama didn't let an 11-hour flight stop them from looking stylish as they arrived in Moscow yesterday, the New York Daily News reports. Michelle, who boarded Air Force One in a floral frock by Talbots, arrived in a peach-colored dress by Narcisco Rodriguez, while the girls... More »

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Barack Obama • fashion • Michelle Obama • Narciso Rodriguez • Dmitry Medvedev • Malia Obama • Sasha Obama • J. Crew • Svetlana Medvedev

(Newser) - Barack Obama began his second day in Russia by meeting with Vladimir Putin at the president-turned-prime minister's country home outside Moscow. The two leaders both expressed a desire for improved relations, and observers said they had a cordial discussion. The president then addressed a Moscow economics university, where he told... More »

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Russia • Barack Obama • diplomacy • Moscow • Vladimir Putin • Mikhail Gorbachev • Dmitry Medvedev

(AP) - President Barack Obama said he and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev are countering "a sense of drift" in relations between their nations with preliminary agreement Monday to reduce the world's two largest nuclear stockpiles to as few as 1,500 warheads each. "We must lead by example, and that's... More »

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Russia • Barack Obama • summit • nuclear disarmament • Dmitry Medvedev

(AP) - Barack Obama opened his first Moscow summit with confidence today, predicting "extraordinary progress" out of meetings set to test his diplomatic skills on important priorities such as nuclear arsenal reductions and the fight in Afghanistan. "The United States and Russia have more in common than they have differences,... More »

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Russia • Barack Obama • diplomacy • Dmitry Medvedev

(Newser) - Barack Obama arrived in Moscow today, for a trip intended to “reset” relations that have been frosty since the Georgia conflict, the New York Times reports. The US president laid a wreath at Russia’s Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, before meeting Dmitry Medvedev for negotiations. Obama’s... More »

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Russia • Barack Obama • missile defense system • nuclear disarmament • Dmitry Medvedev

Russia Agrees to Let US Use Airspace for Afghan War

Deal on supply lines forged ahead of Obama's Russian visit

Jul 4, 09 5:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Russia has agreed to let American planes transporting troops and equipment to Afghanistan fly over its airspace, the BBC reports. The deal will be officially announced next week when President Obama visits Moscow. Volatility affecting supply lines through Pakistan and Central Asia made securing such an agreement one of Obama's... More »

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Afghanistan • Russia • Vladimir Putin • US military • nuclear disarmament • Dmitry Medvedev • Afghanistan war • President Obama • supply route

analysis

Paranoid Russia Poses
Big Test for Obama

President's trip to Moscow will be hard work, no fun

Jul 3, 09 12:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - The last time Barack Obama went to Russia, he and another senator were detained by border guards for hours—and his upcoming trip won't be much fun either, say the editors of the Economist. Russia's economy is beholden to unstable oil and gas prices, the country's mortality rate is spiking,... More »

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nuclear proliferation • Russia • Barack Obama • diplomacy • Moscow • Vladimir Putin • Dmitry Medvedev • arms control

 Russia Warns 
 of Arctic War 

New document says Moscow should prepare for polar resources battle

May 14, 09 3:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - A document released by the Russian government suggests that the country should prepare for war in the Arctic within the next decade, as rising temperatures intensify the scramble for the region's vast oil and gas fields. Russia claims sovereignty over a 465,000-square-mile ridge, which the US and other northern... More »

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Russia • oil • Arctic • natural resources • Lomonosov Ridge • Dmitry Medvedev • Arctic Circle • Russian foreign ministry

West 'Wasted 20 Years' After Berlin Wall Fell: Gorbachev

Former Soviet states should unite, he suggests

May 13, 09 3:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - Europe has squandered two decades of potential cooperation since the Berlin Wall fell, Mikhail Gorbachev says. At a Moscow event sponsored by his foundation, the former Soviet leader criticized Western leaders who viewed the 1989 event as their victory over Eastern Europe, rather than an opportunity for common good, Reuters... More »

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Russia • Eastern Europe • European Union • Vladimir Putin • Soviet Union • Mikhail Gorbachev • Berlin Wall • United Russia • Dmitry Medvedev

 Putin Hints at 2012 Comeback 

Russian PM says he may succeed
Medvedev in 2012

May 11, 09 6:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Vladimir Putin dropped his strongest hint yet last night that he may seek to return to his country's top job in 2012. In an interview with Japanese media, Russia's president-turned-PM said there was no decision yet on whether he or Dmitry Medvedev would run for president at the end of... More »

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Russia • Vladimir Putin • Kremlin • United Russia • Dmitry Medvedev • Russian president

OPINION

 Obama Plays Shrink 
 to Europe: Dowd 

President brings "psychological finesse" to the G20

Apr 5, 09 9:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Therapists could learn a thing or two from the "psychological finesse" Barack Obama showed in Europe this week, Maureen Dowd writes in the New York Times. Obama's upbringing taught him how to "slip in and out of different worlds," and that legacy was on display... More »

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Barack Obama • psychiatry • Nicolas Sarkozy • Maureen Dowd • Silvio Berlusconi • Dmitry Medvedev • psychologist • George W. Bush • G20

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