Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his strong indignation in connection with a USA’s missile defense system plans and downplayed an apparent chill in relations with the European Union.
Popularity: 2% [?]
May 24, 2007Russia is inviting EU and CIS countries to conduct a joint assessment of potential missile threats and is hoping to resume missile defense dialogue with NATO, the foreign minister said Wednesday,the RIA Novosti news agency reported April 4.
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April 4, 2007Russian President Vladimir Putin says Russia will not be seeking membership of the European Union, but hopes to develop ties with the group, Reuters news agency reported on Monday.
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March 26, 2007Thousands of opposition protesters gathered this weekend in Minsk, Belarus, to mark the anniversary of the short-lived Belarussian republic in 1918, the UPI news agency reports.
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The U.S. administration is actively taking part in several gas projects in order to crate a new gas pipeline infrastructure in Europe that will serve as alternative to Russian gas supplies, the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Daniel Fried said on Thursday, March 15.
Popularity: 1% [?]
March 17, 2007On Tuesday, March 13, Russian officials completed another round of talks with the European Union on Moscow’s ban on Polish meat and plant products. Russian authorities say that they need more information before they consider lifting the measure.
Popularity: 2% [?]
March 14, 2007On Monday, March 5, Russia denied criticism from the European Union and the United States that it is dragging its feet in talks on joining the World Trade Organization.
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March 6, 2007German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in a newspaper interview published on Monday, March 5, that new shareholders should not be admitted to European aerospace company EADS’s shareholder pact. Merkel was answering a question about allowing Russian investors to buy into the pan-European company.
Popularity: 2% [?]
March 5, 2007Russia’s agriculture oversight agency Rosselkhoznadzor said on Friday, March 2, that it will suspend all meat imports from EU nations unless they provide plans for monitoring the safety of their exports by March 31.
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March 4, 2007An international agreement to build the world’s first fusion power reactor has been signed in Paris. The second most expensive scientific project after the International Space Station ($12.1 billion) will be launched in January 2007.
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