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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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Dmitry Medvedev stories: 114 news summaries

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 Rowling Wows 
 Obama—and 
 Medvedev, Too

Prez praises Rowling; Michelle dines with high-flying women

Apr 3, 09 10:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama took a break from the global economic crisis at a Downing Street G20 dinner this week, buttonholing JK Rowling to tell her that he had read all of her Harry Potter books—and had read them to his girls, the Telegraph reports. And Dmitry Medvedev did his US... More »

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Barack Obama • Gordon Brown • JK Rowling • Dmitry Medvedev • autographs • G20 • 10 Downing Street

(Newser) - No soul-searching gazes or shoulder rubs on this trip. President Obama's initial foray into foreign relations stands in stark contrast to the style of George Bush, writes Jonathan Martin in Politico. Bush took the "chummy," "towel-snapping" route in his relations with foreign leaders. Obama, on the other... More »

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Gordon Brown • Dmitry Medvedev • George W. Bush • G20 • President Obama

 Obama, Medvedev Agree 
 to New Nuclear Arms Talks 

President will visit Moscow in July

Apr 1, 09 7:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev pledged to "move beyond Cold War mentalities" at their first ever meeting, at the American ambassador's residence in London. The two presidents agreed to negotiate a new weapons treaty that would see both countries reduce their nuclear stockpiles—the first such... More »

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nuclear proliferation • Russia • Barack Obama • diplomacy • nuclear weapons • Cold War • WMD • Dmitry Medvedev • nuclear arsenal

 Obama, Medvedev 
 to Open New Arms Talks 

Obama will meet with Medvedev, announce plan to cut arsenals

Mar 31, 09 9:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama will begin a busy week in Europe tomorrow by announcing that the US and Russia will begin talks to reduce their nuclear arsenals by about a third to 1,500 warheads apiece, the New York Times reports. Obama will meet with Russian President Dmitri Medvedev on the sidelines... More »

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Russia • Dmitry Medvedev • arms control • Start Treaty • President Obama

OPINION

 Medvedev: 
 Obama and I 
 Must Work 
 Together 

Russian president praises and needles US in op-ed

Mar 31, 09 7:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Relations between the US and Russia were testy, to say the least, by the end of 2008—a condition for which Dmitry Medvedev, not surprisingly, blames Washington. In a needling op-ed for the Washington Post, the Russian president writes that the proposed missile defense system and support for Georgia and... More »

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Russia • Barack Obama • diplomacy • Kremlin • Dmitry Medvedev • G20

 Medvedev: 
 NATO Threat 
 Means Russia 
 Will Rearm 


Prez says nuclear force is priority

Mar 17, 09 1:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Russia will rearm its military and boost its nuclear capabilities in response to NATO's growth, President Dmitry Medvedev told Russian military heads today. “Attempts to expand the military infrastructure of NATO near the borders of our country are continuing,” Medvedev said. That, alongside international terrorism and local concerns,... More »

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Russia • NATO • Russian military • Dmitry Medvedev

Russia's Money Troubles Divide Putin, Medvedev

Men tied to opposing economic factions

Mar 3, 09 12:28 PM CST
(Newser) - The financial crisis in Russia is driving a wedge between Vladimir Putin and his protegé, the president he handed off his office to, the Guardian reports. Dmitry Medvedev has sided with liberal economists in the crisis, while Putin is torn between his personal ties to the economists and his long... More »

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Russia • security • Vladimir Putin • economist • Dmitry Medvedev • economy

 Medvedev Shoots
 Down Missile Deal 

Won't engage in
'some sort of trade'
with Obama

Mar 3, 09 10:49 AM CST
(Newser) - Dmitry Medvedev won’t engage in “some sort of trade or exchange” with Barack Obama in order to halt the contentious anti-ballistic missile system the US wants to put in Eastern Europe, the Financial Times reports. Medvedev today confirmed that Obama had sent him a secret letter with... More »

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Russia • Barack Obama • missile shield • missile defense system • Ukraine • Dmitry Medvedev

 Obama Offers Russians 
 Deal on Missile Shield 

Prez offers to nix Europe defense base in exchange for help disarming Iran

Mar 3, 09 1:39 AM CST
(Newser) - President Obama has offered to cancel a new missile defense system in Eastern Europe if Russia will help stop Iran from developing long-range weapons, administration officials tell the New York Times. The agreement, outlined in a secret letter delivered to Moscow last month, would remove a major source of Russian-American... More »

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Iran • Russia • missile shield • anti missile bases • missile defense system • Dmitry Medvedev • Obama administration • President Obama

Kyrgyzstan Votes to Shut
Critical US Airbase

Military must leave Central Asian republic in 180 days

Feb 19, 09 7:00 AM CST
(Newser) - The parliament of Kyrgyzstan voted nearly unanimously to close a critical American military base in the country, dealing a blow to Barack Obama's efforts to reinforce troops in Afghanistan. The vote, 78-1, means that the US has 180 days to remove its airplanes and equipment, reports the Guardian. Kyrgyzstan's president... More »

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Russia • Barack Obama • NATO • Kyrgyzstan • Dmitry Medvedev • Afghanistan war • Manas Air Base

Russia Wants to Help US
on Afghanistan: Medvedev

But fate of US air base in Kyrgyzstan remains unknown

Feb 4, 09 3:24 PM CST
(Newser) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev today offered “full-fledged” cooperation with the US in the fight against terrorism, the AP reports, one day after Kyrgyzstan said it would close a base crucial to American-led operations in Afghanistan. It was unclear if Russia might propose concessions in return for continued access to... More »

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Afghanistan • Russia • War on Terror • Dmitry Medvedev • political freedoms • Medvedev • Afghanistan war

Russia Scraps Plan for Nukes Near Europe

Moscow doesn't need missiles if US ditches own program in region

Jan 28, 09 5:27 AM CST
(Newser) - Russia will abandon its plans to deploy nuclear-capable missiles near Poland, the country's defense ministry said today. The Kremlin pulled back on the plan after President Obama announced a review of the Pentagon's controversial missile defense shield program in the region. The move offers an olive branch to Washington, says... More »

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Russia • missile shield • Vladimir Putin • nuclear weapons • arms race • Dmitry Medvedev • Davos • nuclear missiles • Obama administration

Fidel Reported to Be
Close to Death 

Castro is gravely ill, sources say

Jan 14, 09 2:45 AM CST
(Newser) - Fidel Castro may be nearing the end of his life, reports the Miami Herald. It's been almost two months since Castro has been photographed in public. No images were released of his November meeting with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and he was a no-show at the Jan. 1 celebrations of... More »

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health • State Department • Fidel Castro • Cuba • Hu Jintao • Brookings Institution • Dmitry Medvedev • U.S. Task Force on Cuba • Reflections • Martín Torrijos • Alpha 66 • Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies

Newly Assertive Medvedev Takes Swipe at Putin

Russian president, once seen as a puppet, castigates his mentor

Jan 12, 09 8:21 AM CST
(Newser) - Dmitry Medvedev publicly rebuked the government of Vladimir Putin yesterday for its handling of the country's severe economic crisis, in yet another sign that the Russian president is becoming increasingly independent. At a factory outside Moscow, Medvedev said the rescue was moving "more slowly than the current situation demands.... More »

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

 Apartment Blast 
 Kills 19 in Ukraine 

Gas explosion suspected as rescuers look for survivors

Dec 25, 08 12:10 PM CST
(Newser) - Rescuers could hear cell phones ringing in the rubble as they pulled bodies from an apartment building in southern Ukraine that collapsed after an explosion last night, Reuters reports. At least 19 people are dead and 24 missing after the blast, likely caused by oxygen stored in the basement. All... More »

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gas • Black Sea • explosion • Ukraine • Viktor Yushchenko • Yulia Tymoshenko • resorts • Dmitry Medvedev • disaster • apartment

OBITUARY

Head of Russian Orthodox Church Dead

Patriarch Alexiy unified denomination, was suspected of KGB ties

Dec 5, 08 12:24 PM CST
(Newser) - The iconic leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, who healed an 80-year rift in the church and restored its prominence in Russian society, died today, the Times of London reports. No official cause of death was given for Patriarch Alexiy, but the Kremlin’s first post-Soviet Orthodox leader had been... More »

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Russia • Vladimir Putin • Soviet Union • KGB • religion • church • Dmitry Medvedev • Roman Catholic Church • Russian Orthodox Church • Alexiy II

 Medvedev Gets 
 Cozy With Castro 

Moscow seeks to extend influence in Latin America

Nov 28, 08 7:24 AM CST
(Newser) - Russian president Dmitry Medvedev is in Cuba strengthening ties with the Castro regime and attempting to broaden Russia's influence in Latin America, the BBC reports. Medvedev arrived in Havana yesterday from Venezuela where he and Hugo Chavez signed deals promoting nuclear energy and developing closer military ties. Russia is expected... More »

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Russia • oil • Venezuela • Cuba • Brazil • Raul Castro • Hugo Chávez • Dmitry Medvedev • nuclear energy

Feisty Medvedev Gives Obama Russian Headache

Bush avoided dealing with Russia; Obama likely to engage

Nov 26, 08 9:59 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama’s main foreign policy challenge was supposed to be the Middle East, but Russia is giving its southern neighbors some competition, writes Ben Smith in Politico. Almost alone among foreign leaders in greeting the Obama victory with hostility, Dmitry Medvedev immediately threatened to move missiles westward if the... More »

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Russia • Barack Obama • Vladimir Putin • Dmitry Medvedev

OPINION

Obama Should Seek Detente With Medvedev: Buchanan

Russian leader leaves opening to derail march toward new Cold War

Nov 25, 08 3:46 PM CST
(Newser) - President Dmitry Medvedev is signaling that Russia and the US could have a less contentious relationship under Barack Obama, and Obama should heed the call, Pat Buchanan writes in the American Conservative. “Russia does not want the Cold War II that the departing neocons wish to leave on his... More »

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Russia • Barack Obama • NATO • missile shield • Georgia • Ukraine • Pat Buchanan • Dmitry Medvedev • President Obama

 Chávez Welcomes Russian Navy

Medvedev makes first visit to Caracas

Nov 25, 08 12:45 PM CST
(AP) - Russian warships arrived in Venezuela today, a show of strength aimed at the US as Moscow seeks to expand its influence in Latin America. Venezuelan sailors fired off cannons in a 21-gun salute as the destroyer Admiral Chabanenko docked in La Guaira, near Caracas. Russian sailors dressed in black-and-white uniforms... More »

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Russia • Venezuela • Caracas • helicopter • Hugo Chávez • Dmitry Medvedev • navy

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