“The US is Russia’s longtime and prospective partner but we still have many projects to implement together”, President Dmitry Medvedev said while addressing the participants of the Russian-American business summit in Moscow.
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U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin met on Tuesday morning over a traditional Russian breakfast. "We have prepared for you a Russian-style breakfast," Putin said when he greeted his guest at his official residence. It is good to discuss international relations around a traditional breakfast, in a peaceful atmosphere, while learning about Russian traditions a little bit, isn't it?
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The Russian and U.S. presidents signed a preliminary agreement on Monday to cut their countries' nuclear arsenals to 1,500-1,675 operational warheads within seven years after a new arms reduction treaty comes into force.
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U.S. President Barack Obama has dismissed suggestions that Washington was responsible for the ongoing global economic crisis.
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A top journalist from Russia says former Soviet Union and Gorbachev bear responsibility for resolving the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, which has been frozen already 15 year between the self-determination rights of Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan's desire to control the region.
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The facts are frightening. In 2009, Ukraine’s GDP is expected to decline by 8 percent. Iron and aluminium exports, pillars of the national economy, are in free fall, the banking system is on the brink of collapse, and like Iceland and Latvia, the government has already requested help from the International Monetary Fund. In a nutshell, Ukraine is collapsing.
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A four-hectare island drifting on the Narva Reservoir has crossed the border between Russia and Estonia and floated to the Estonian shore, the Pohjarannik newspaper said on Monday.
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Russia moved on Monday to heal a trade rift with Belarus, with the Foreign Ministry reaffirming its commitment to stronger ties and premier warning officials against harsh statements directed at Minsk.
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New figures released on Friday showed Russian unemployment continued to rise in April, increasing by 200,000 to 7.7 million, with 2.3 million officially registered as out of work, the Federal Statistics Service said.
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Russia intends to reach an "acceptable" arms reduction agreement with the U.S., Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on the eve of Moscow nuclear talks.
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A military parade involving over 9,000 personnel, 103 sophisticated tracked and wheeled military vehicles, as well as 69 aircraft and helicopters was launched on Moscow's Red Square at 10:00 a.m. Moscow time (06:00 GMT) on Saturday, when Russia celebrates Victory Day.
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