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Russia, U.S. continue strategic arms reduction dialogue
01:34 21/09/2009
The sixth round of talks on a new nuclear arms reduction deal between Russia and the U.S. opens on Monday in Geneva.
Russia, U.S. likely to agree on arms reduction deal by yearend
23:25 20/09/2009
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Sunday the chances to reach agreements with the United States on a new strategic arms reduction treaty by the end of 2009 are "high enough."
U.S. President Obama's visit to Moscow
18:39 09/07/2009
The results of the summit between Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and U.S. President Barack Obama
Obama meets ex-Soviet president Gorbachev in Moscow
21:05 07/07/2009
U.S. President Barack Obama met with former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev on Tuesday during his visit to Moscow, the head of the Gorbachev Foundation press service said.
Afghan transit deal gives Russia right to inspect U.S. flights
20:47 07/07/2009
Moscow will have the right to inspect U.S. military planes flying over its territory under a deal with Washington on transit to Afghanistan, the Russian foreign minister said on Tuesday.
Russia's Lavrov says U.S. missile shield plans counterproductive
20:13 07/07/2009
Moscow hopes that Washington will realize the 'counter productivity' of its plan to deploy elements of U.S. missile shield in central Europe, the Russian foreign minister said on Tuesday.
Obama says Russia, U.S. can forge better future through trade
19:54 07/07/2009
U.S. President Barack Obama urged Moscow and Washington on Tuesday to enhance transparency in order to boost investment and bilateral trade for a "better future."
Obama's daughters taught to bake Russian gingerbread
19:28 07/07/2009
The daughters of U.S. President Barack Obama visited a Moscow museum complex on Tuesday where they were taught to bake Russian ginger and honey cookies, called pryaniki.
Presidential aide assesses the meeting between Dmitry Medvedev and Barack Obama
18:16 07/07/2009
The Russian Presidential aide, Arkady Dvorkovich, assesses the discussion
between Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev, and also explains what agreements
were reached between the two countries’ leaders on the first day of the
American President’s visit.
South Ossetians ask Obama to help find missing relatives
18:04 07/07/2009
A group of South Ossetian women have sent a letter to U.S. President Barack Obama asking him to help find their children, who they say were abducted by Georgian agents, an official said on Tuesday.
Russia's Lavrov expects Obama to scrap Soviet-era trade barrier
17:19 07/07/2009
Russia expects U.S. President Barack Obama, currently visiting Moscow, to abolish the Soviet-era Jackson-Vanik amendment, which continues to restrict trade between the countries, the foreign minister said.
President Barack Obama’s Moscow speech
17:11 07/07/2009
Below follows the prepared text of U.S. President Barack Obama’s speech to the New Economic School in Moscow, as released by the White House.
Michelle Obama receives nesting dolls from Russian nuns
16:16 07/07/2009
Michelle Obama has received a matryoshka, or Russian nesting dolls, as a present from Moscow nuns.
Medvedev and Obama reset arms control project
16:04 07/07/2009
The Russian and U.S. presidents signed a preliminary agreement on strategic offensive arms on the first day of Barack Obama’s visit to Russia. The agreement will become the basis for a new START treaty.
Obama pledges to consider Russia's missile defense concerns
15:45 07/07/2009
U.S. President Barack Obama pledged on Tuesday to consider Russia's concerns on missile defense and to respect Moscow's interests in the post-Soviet space, a senior Russian government official said.
Obama to meet ex-Soviet president Gorbachev in Moscow
13:00 07/07/2009
U.S. President Barack Obama is due to meet with former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev on Tuesday during his visit to Moscow.
Obama seeks Russia's cooperation on Iran and N.Korea
12:55 07/07/2009
The U.S. president gave a speech to students in Moscow on Tuesday, calling for a major overhaul in relations between the countries, and calling on Russia to work with the West to prevent a nuclear arms race.
Putin meets Obama for the first time
12:36 07/07/2009
U.S. President Barack Obama began his first meeting with Vladimir Putin on Tuesday morning at the Russian prime minister's country residence outside Moscow.
Putin meets Obama for the first time
10:15 07/07/2009
U.S. President Barack Obama began his first meeting with Vladimir Putin on Tuesday morning at the Russian prime minister's country residence outside Moscow.
Better trust yields first results - expert about Obama's visit
23:05 06/07/2009
The Russian and U.S. presidents outlined a set of trust-building measures that could serve as the basis for a better relationship. There were no breakthroughs, but progress was tangible.
Gentle approach to sensitive issues - expert about Obama's visit
23:00 06/07/2009
U.S. plans for a missile defense system in Europe were on the agenda during Medvedev-Obama talks in Moscow. U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev tip-toed around U.S. plans for missile defense in Europe.
The Policy of small improvements
22:32 06/07/2009Obama says Medvedev-Putin tandem effective
22:31 06/07/2009
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin effectively work together, U.S. President Barack Obama said Monday.
Medvedev says U.S. missile shield must balance others' interests
22:28 06/07/2009
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Monday it is necessary to link any resolution of the U.S. plans for missile defense in Europe with other countries' interests.
Russia, U.S. sign deal on military transit to Afghanistan
22:00 06/07/2009
Russia and the United States signed on Monday an agreement on military transit, both overland and by air, via Russian territory to Afghanistan.
Obama says Georgia's territorial integrity 'must be respected'
21:37 06/07/2009
U.S. President Barack Obama urged that Russia respect Georgia's sovereignty and territorial integrity during talks with President Dmitry Medvedev in Moscow on Monday.
Medvedev, Obama discuss N.Korea and Iran at Moscow summit
21:30 06/07/2009
The leaders of Russia and the United States discussed the nuclear programs of North Korea and Iran during their meeting in Moscow on Monday, U.S. President Barack Obama said.
Medvedev, Obama sign Kremlin deal to cut nuclear arsenals
21:28 06/07/2009
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.
US President Barack Obama arrives in Russian Capital
17:31 06/07/2009
Obama's distinctive Air Force One jetliner touched down as drizzly gray skies blanketed Moscow.
US President Barack Obama opened his first Moscow summit on Monday, a series of meetings sure to test his diplomatic skills, but already set to deliver some tangible progress on nuclear arsenal reductions and help for the fight in Afghanistan. 
U.S. President Obama arrives in Moscow
16:02 06/07/2009Russia, U.S. can agree on arms cuts - Medvedev
15:47 06/07/2009
Russia and the United States have every chance of reaching important agreements, including on strategic arms reductions, the Russian president said on Monday.
Public debate on Russia-U.S. relations. Moscow, July 1.
10:52 06/07/2009
American and Russian experts and political scientists from the Valdai International Discussion Club shared their views on the probable outcome of the Russia-U.S. summit, the most burning issues and future of the two countries’ relations.
Obama, Medvedev aim to 'reset' U.S.-Russia ties at Moscow summit
10:02 06/07/2009
U.S. President Barack Obama arrives in a rainswept Moscow on Monday for talks with his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev as the U.S. and Russia look to improve relations.
Obama says U.S. missile shield set to counter Iran, not Russia
11:52 05/07/2009
U.S. President Barack Obama said in an interview with a prominent Russian newspaper that the planned deployment of a U.S. missile shield in Europe was intended to counter Iran, not Russia.
U.S. to give up missile shield plans - Russian upper house speaker
19:45 04/07/2009
The speaker of the Russian parliament's upper house said Saturday the United States could give up its plans to deploy a missile shield in Poland and the Czech Republic
Medvedev counts on specific results of Moscow meeting with Obama
12:36 04/07/2009
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Saturday he hopes for specific results of the forthcoming visit to Moscow by his U.S. counterpart Barack Obama on July 6-8
Russia needs new arms reduction deal as much as U.S. - diplomat
21:53 03/07/2009
Russia and the U.S. will both benefit from a new strategic arms reduction agreement, a Russian deputy foreign minister said on Friday.
Kremlin confirms Russia, U.S. to sign framework arms control deal
17:10 03/07/2009
The Kremlin confirmed on Friday that the Russian and U.S. presidents would sign a key framework arms control agreement during President Barack Obama's visit next week.
Russia, U.S. to sign military cooperation, Afghan transit deals
16:44 03/07/2009
Russia and the U.S. will sign deals expanding bilateral military ties and on transit of military supplies via Russia to U.S. troops in Afghanistan during the U.S. president's visit to Moscow, a Kremlin aide said.
Whatever the new START stipulates, it should leave Russia with MIRV-ed ICBMs
14:54 03/07/2009Obama-Medvedev summit: no shortage of advisors
14:47 03/07/2009Barack Obama: a cult of personality
14:41 03/07/2009
Vladimir Belaeff, President, Global Society Institute, Inc., San Francisco, CA

Putin to meet Obama on July 7 to discuss trade
20:30 02/07/2009
Vladimir Putin will meet with President Barack Obama, who arrives in Moscow on his first visit next week, for talks set to focus on persisting trade hurdles, the Russian premier's spokesman said on Thursday.
Moscow pulling out all the stops for President Obama
17:51 02/07/2009
U.S. President Barack Obama is to pay an official visit to Russia July 6-8. Preparations in Moscow are in full swing to give President Obama the full red-carpet treatment. His hotel accommodation and restaurant venues have already been announced.
U.S. Clinton cancels visit to Russia due to arm injury
12:07 02/07/2009
An arm injury has forced U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to cancel her visit to Moscow, where she was due to accompany President Barack Obama next week, a Russian Foreign Ministry source said on Thursday.
Russia has not yet made up its mind on what it wants from the U.S.
18:28 01/07/2009
Russia has not yet made up its mind on what it wants from the United States, says Sergei Karaganov, chairman of the Council for Russia’s Foreign and Defense Policy 
Russian expert says there is always a third party in Russia-U.S. relations
18:25 01/07/2009
Andrei Zolotov Jr., the founding editor of the Russia Profile magazine says there is always a third party in relations between Russia and the United States
Russian analysts skeptical ahead of Obama's visit to Moscow
21:26 30/06/2009
Russian political analysts are more skeptical than their U.S. counterparts that Russian-U.S. ties can be "reset" during President Barack Obama's July 6-8 visit to Moscow, a Russian analyst said on Tuesday.
Obama’s upcoming visit likely to focus on arms reduction
20:08 30/06/2009
Steven Pifer, former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, says Russia and the U.S. need to find common ground, including on arms reduction, which will be a key focus of Obama’s upcoming visit.
Russia-U.S. ties neglected, but can now be rebuilt
20:04 30/06/2009
Timothy Colton, director of Harvard's Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, says the Russia-U.S. connection has been “neglected” but now the countries are starting to talk.
Russian, U.S. MPs discuss bilateral ties ahead of July summit
10:46 29/06/2009
Members of the U.S. House of Representatives are in Russia on June 29-30 to discuss urgent issues of bilateral relations ahead of U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to Moscow on July 6-8.
Is the Reset Worth Rethinking Interests?
19:32 26/06/2009
(Pavel Andreev, Head of RIA Novosti International Projects and political commentator)
Russia, U.S. to sign military cooperation deal during Obama trip
15:00 26/06/2009
A Russian-U.S. military cooperation agreement will be signed during President Barack Obama's visit to Moscow in early July, the chief of the Russian military's General Staff said on Friday.
A Reset won’t solve the problem
15:04 25/06/2009
By Andrei Zolotov, Jr.,Chief Editor of Russia Profile and Deputy Director of the RIA Novosti Foreign Service. 
The impossible takes a little longer
12:49 25/06/2009A true meaning of “Reset”
11:46 25/06/2009
Dmitri Simes, President of The Nixon Center, Publisher of The National Interest

New START agreement should not run counter to Russian interests
18:54 24/06/2009Russia and the US: rethinking interests
17:53 24/06/2009
Mikhail Margelov, chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Federation Council of Russia
The Moscow summit and improving the U.S.-Russian relationship
11:45 24/06/2009
Steven Pifer, Visiting Fellow, Foreign Policy, Center on the United States and Europe, The Brookings Institution
Russia, U.S. eager to reset relations, but can they?
20:48 23/06/2009
Alexei Pushkov, host of the Post Scriptum program on TV Center television channel
Russia-United States: a bridge spanning the Atlantic
20:42 23/06/2009Thinking through the “Reset”
19:00 23/06/2009Do not waste an opportunity to seize an opportunity
10:55 23/06/2009
Robert Legvold, Marshall D. Shulman Professor, Department of Political Science, Columbia University
Topol-M ballistic missile
09:22 23/06/2009United States-Russia: last stop before the summit
18:51 22/06/2009
MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political commentator Andrei Fedyashin) – On June 23-24, the United States and Russia will hold the third round of consultations on replacing the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START I) 
U.S. ABM system in Europe: Opinions
15:23 22/06/2009
In 2008, the United States and the Czech Republic signed an agreement on the deployment of a U.S. missile tracking radar in the republic.

The U.S. National Missile Defense system
13:37 22/06/2009History of START I (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) and START II
13:35 22/06/2009
The Treaty on the Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (START I) between the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.) and the United States (U.S.) was signed in Moscow on July 31, 1991 at a summit meeting between Soviet and U.S. presidents, Mikhail Gorbachev and George Bush, and entered into force on December 5, 1994. 
World’s nuclear states map
19:54 02/06/2009
Under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), a nuclear state is defined as one that detonated a nuclear device prior to January 1, 1967.
Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START I)
19:31 02/06/2009
The Strategic Arms Reductions Treaty (START 1), signed in 1991, makes it incumbent on Russia and the United States to reduce nuclear warheads to 6,000 and their delivery vehicles to 1,600 each. The treaty expires on December 5 this year.
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U.S. President Obama arrives in Moscow
16:02 06/07/2009
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Presidential aide assesses the meeting between Dmitry Medvedev and Barack Obama
18:16 07/07/2009
The Russian Presidential aide, Arkady Dvorkovich, assesses the discussion
between Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev, and also explains what agreements
were reached between the two countries’ leaders on the first day of the
American President’s visit.
Medvedev and Obama reset arms control project
16:04 07/07/2009
The Russian and U.S. presidents signed a preliminary agreement on strategic offensive arms on the first day of Barack Obama’s visit to Russia. The agreement will become the basis for a new START treaty.
Putin meets Obama for the first time
12:36 07/07/2009
U.S. President Barack Obama began his first meeting with Vladimir Putin on Tuesday morning at the Russian prime minister's country residence outside Moscow.
Better trust yields first results - expert about Obama's visit
23:05 06/07/2009
The Russian and U.S. presidents outlined a set of trust-building measures that could serve as the basis for a better relationship. There were no breakthroughs, but progress was tangible.
Gentle approach to sensitive issues - expert about Obama's visit
23:00 06/07/2009
U.S. plans for a missile defense system in Europe were on the agenda during Medvedev-Obama talks in Moscow. U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev tip-toed around U.S. plans for missile defense in Europe.
US President Barack Obama arrives in Russian Capital
17:31 06/07/2009
Obama's distinctive Air Force One jetliner touched down as drizzly gray skies blanketed Moscow.
US President Barack Obama opened his first Moscow summit on Monday, a series of meetings sure to test his diplomatic skills, but already set to deliver some tangible progress on nuclear arsenal reductions and help for the fight in Afghanistan. 
Public debate on Russia-U.S. relations. Moscow, July 1.
10:52 06/07/2009
American and Russian experts and political scientists from the Valdai International Discussion Club shared their views on the probable outcome of the Russia-U.S. summit, the most burning issues and future of the two countries’ relations.
Moscow pulling out all the stops for President Obama
17:51 02/07/2009
U.S. President Barack Obama is to pay an official visit to Russia July 6-8. Preparations in Moscow are in full swing to give President Obama the full red-carpet treatment. His hotel accommodation and restaurant venues have already been announced.
Russia has not yet made up its mind on what it wants from the U.S.
18:28 01/07/2009
Russia has not yet made up its mind on what it wants from the United States, says Sergei Karaganov, chairman of the Council for Russia’s Foreign and Defense Policy 
Russian expert says there is always a third party in Russia-U.S. relations
18:25 01/07/2009
Andrei Zolotov Jr., the founding editor of the Russia Profile magazine says there is always a third party in relations between Russia and the United States
Obama’s upcoming visit likely to focus on arms reduction
20:08 30/06/2009
Steven Pifer, former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, says Russia and the U.S. need to find common ground, including on arms reduction, which will be a key focus of Obama’s upcoming visit.
Russia-U.S. ties neglected, but can now be rebuilt
20:04 30/06/2009
Timothy Colton, director of Harvard's Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, says the Russia-U.S. connection has been “neglected” but now the countries are starting to talk.
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U.S. President Obama's visit to Moscow
18:39 09/07/2009
The results of the summit between Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and U.S. President Barack Obama
Topol-M ballistic missile
09:22 23/06/2009U.S. ABM system in Europe: Opinions
15:23 22/06/2009
In 2008, the United States and the Czech Republic signed an agreement on the deployment of a U.S. missile tracking radar in the republic.

World’s nuclear states map
19:54 02/06/2009
Under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), a nuclear state is defined as one that detonated a nuclear device prior to January 1, 1967.
Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START I)
19:31 02/06/2009
The Strategic Arms Reductions Treaty (START 1), signed in 1991, makes it incumbent on Russia and the United States to reduce nuclear warheads to 6,000 and their delivery vehicles to 1,600 each. The treaty expires on December 5 this year.
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Russia-U.S. summit in Moscow
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Obama agreed in April to launch discussions on a new strategic arms reduction pact to replace the START 1 treaty, which expires in December.



















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