Will U.S.-Russia Summit Finally Begin ‘Reset’? (Moldova.org)
By Gregory Feifer U.S. President Barack Obama hopes to reinvigorate Washington’s moribund relations with Moscow when he travels to Russia for his first summit meeting with Russian President Dmitri Medvedev on July 6. But the two sides face serious divisions, and few are predicting the visit will produce anything close to a breakthrough. Mounting tensions over Russia’s military foray into …
Michelle Obama’s blend of power and glamor, rare in Russia’s first ladies, to light up Moscow (Sun-Sentinel)
MOSCOW (AP) — Michelle Obama brings her superstar glamor to Moscow this weekend as she accompanies her husband on his summit with the Russian president.
US, Russia are ‘equals’: Obama (AFP via Yahoo! Canada News)
MOSCOW (AFP) – The United States wants to forge new relations on an equal footing with Russia, President Barack Obama said in a television interview broadcast Saturday to the Russian-language audience.
Gunmen kill nine Chechen police in Russia’s Ingushetia (The Malaysian Insider)
MOSCOW, July 4 — Nine Chechen police officers were killed today in the Russian republic of Ingushetia after gunmen opened fire on their convoy, Russia’s Interfax news agency reported, citing the republic’s Interior Ministry. The attackers, who fired automatic weapons at the police convoy from a forest at the roadside, also left nine policemen badly wounded, the news agency reported. The …
Gunmen kill nine Chechen police in Russia’s Ingushetia (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters MOSCOW, July 4 (Reuters) – Nine Chechen police officers were killed on Saturday in the Russian republic of Ingushetia after gunmen opened fire on their convoy, Russia’s Interfax news agency reported, …
Russia Set To Welcome Obama, But Stunned By Criticism Of Putin (Nasdaq)
MOSCOW (AFP) — Russia was preparing Saturday to welcome Barack Obama for the first time as U.S. president, heartened by his description of the country as an equal but also stunned by criticism of Vladimir Putin.
Obama tells Russia’s Putin the Cold War is history (The Uniontown Herald Standard)
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama said former Russian President Vladimir Putin and his hand-picked successor should expect an in-person reminder the Cold War is over when the U.S. leader makes his first trip to a Moscow summit.
HEAT RISES AS RUSSIA AWAITS OBAMA (DefenceIndia)
A spat over the cold war on Friday between President Barack Obama of the US and Vladimir Putin, the Russian prime minister, raised tensions before next week’s US-Russia summit.
PUTIN PUTS RUSSIA IN THE DRIVER’S SEAT (The Globe and Mail)
It was 2006 and Russia was flush with petro-dollars, pride and industrial ambition. Vladimir Putin, then president, now Prime Minister, picked a high-profile investment to showcase his country’s resurgence – Airbus owner EADS, the world’s biggest aerospace company.
Gunmen kill nine Chechen police in Russia’s Ingushetia (Reuters) (Yahoo!7 World News)
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Nine Chechen police officers were killed Saturday in the Russian republic of Ingushetia after gunmen opened fire on their convoy, Russia’s Interfax news agency reported, citing the republic’s interior ministry.
