Word: medvedev
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...Iran Nuclear Negotiations The Obama Administration is trying a new tack in its discussions with Tehran, calling on other nations to exert their influence to compel Iran to give up its suspected pursuit of nuclear weapons. In a letter to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Obama asked for Moscow's help in dealing with Tehran, although the White House denied offering to curtail U.S. plans for a missile-defense shield in Eastern Europe as a quid pro quo. The Administration has also asked Syria and China to pressure Iran, but the diplomatic focus remains on Russia, which is helping Iran complete...
...accompanied by the wholesale economic collapse of the entire region. And the Russian leadership is highly aware of the stakes at hand. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has accused the US of initiating “a new round of arms race,” and Russian President Dimitri Medvedev has warned that Russia is “not afraid of… a Cold War.” Hopefully Medvedev’s threat relies more on bravado than truth, but this assumption is not a risk worth taking. As the recent South Ossetian conflict indicates, Russia is willing...
...move also threatens our new alliances with Poland and the Czech Republic, two of our strongest backers in the NATO organization. Moreover, the majority of Poles and Czechs oppose the plan, which would needlessly put them at risk of armed conflict with Russia. Last year, President Medvedev announced that Russia would be relocating several SS-26 “Iskander” missiles to Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia’s small exclave of territory on the Baltic coast that borders NATO members Poland and Lithuania. While these plans have been temporarily put on hold, the Russian threat should be taken...
...Russian Federation. While several elements contributed to the statistic (Russia's large population in proportion to the rest of Europe, for one), the chief factor was clear: Russians are unhappy with their own court system and don't believe they can get justice from it. Russian President Dmitri Medvedev, a lawyer himself, announced plans to reform the Russian justice system to stop the flow of complaints to the ECHR in Strasbourg, France. Said Medvedev: "I generally agree that the Strasbourg court, with all my respect for it, cannot and should not replace Russian justice...
...young woman standing outside the Lyudinovo emporium rocks her infant son's stroller and, looking around nervously, vents her worries. Prices keep going up, she complains, and she had to pay a $200 bribe to get her son into a local nursery. "You tell that to Putin and Medvedev," she fumes and then worries that she'll get into trouble for talking to foreigners...