Russian News Monitor – Leading article: Obama must take this chance to reset relations with Russia (Independent)

Leading article: Obama must take this chance to reset relations with Russia (Independent)
Barack Obama has set off for Moscow for two days of talks with the Kremlin that could be a last chance to put American-Russia relations on a new, productive footing. The Russian visit – President Obama’s first – follows years of escalating tension during the Bush years over, among other issues, the Caucasus, Nato expansion, Kosovo and Iran. Both sides have increasingly resorted to unilateral …

Russian president: We want better Vatican ties (AP via Yahoo! Asia News)
Russia’s president says Moscow plans to improve its ties with the Vatican. Tensions between the Russian Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches over property disputes and other issues have so far made it impossible for any pope to visit Moscow. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told Italian reporters in an interview ahead of the G-8 summit in Italy this week that relations between his country and …

Russia-US relations begin to revive – Medvedev (Itar-Tass)
MOSCOW, July 5 (Itar-Tass) — Russia-U.S. relations have begun to revive, President Dmitry Medvedev told the Italian media. “At the moment I think we are all moderately optimistic, both the Russian side and the American side, so far as I know.

Russian president: We want better Vatican ties (Boston Globe)
Russia’s president says Moscow plans to improve its ties with the Vatican. Tensions between the Russian Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches over property disputes and other issues have so far made it impossible for any pope to visit Moscow.

Obama leaves for Moscow to reset ties with Russia (Express India)
President Barack Obama headed to Moscow promising a far-reaching effort to ‘reset’ US-Russia relations that hit a post-Cold War low under the Bush administration.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev says Moscow aims to improve ties with Vatican (Sun-Sentinel)
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Russia’s president says Moscow plans to improve its ties with the Vatican.

In Russian newspaper interview, Obama says he backs Medvedev efforts to strengthen rule of law (Sun-Sentinel)
MOSCOW (AP) — President Barack Obama said strengthening human rights and the rule of law in Russia should be a part of the much-heralded “reset” in U.S.-Russian relations, according to an interview with an embattled Russian opposition newspaper.

Vladimir Putin’s not happy with Obama’s comments as Prez heads to Russia for summit (New York Daily News)
As Obama was prepping for his mission to Moscow, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin fired back at Obama’s suggestion the former KGB operative is yesteryear’s Russian.

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.

Russian president: We want better Vatican ties (KRIS-TV Corpus Christi)
Associated Press – July 5, 2009 9:23 AM ET VATICAN CITY (AP) – Russia’s president says Moscow plans to improve its ties with the Vatican. Tensions between the Russian Orthodox and Roman…

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