Medvedev hopes for positive Russia-US partnership under Obama

September 24th, 2009 Medvedev: Russia may support sanctions on IranPITTSBURGH — Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (dih-MEE'-tree med-VYEH'-dyev) says Russia would support new sanctions against Iran if diplomatic efforts fail. Medvedev had opened the door to backing potential sanctions Wednesday following a meeting with President Barack Obama in New York.

July 24th, 2009 Medvedev: US need not abandon Ukraine or GeorgiaMOSCOW — Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said U.S. efforts to mend relations with Moscow need not be made at the expense of Washington's ties to Ukraine and Georgia.

July 7th, 2009 Putin says Obama meeting went wellMOSCOW — Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says his first meeting with President Barack Obama went "very well." The former Russian president called the two-hour meeting "substantive, informative and collaborative." Putin told reporters he and Obama "covered the issues from previous years" and found "many positives" and "many points in common." Obama also had good things to say about their meeting Tuesday, and said he found Putin's views similar to those of Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev. Before heading to Russia, Obama had described Putin as still having a confrontational Cold War mentality, while the younger Medvedev seemed to understand that it was time for a new approach to U.S.-Russia relations.

July 7th, 2009 Obama calls for more rule of law in RussiaMOSCOW — President Barack Obama called Tuesday for more transparency and rule of law if the United States and Russia are to boost economic ties. "We need to make it easier for U.S.

July 7th, 2009 MOSCOW - US President Barack Obama began his first meeting with Vladimir Putin Tuesday morning at the Russian prime minister's country residence outside Moscow. Obama, on his first visit to Russia since becoming president, held extensive talks with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev Monday, resulting in a framework agreement for a new strategic arms reduction treaty.

July 6th, 2009 Medvedev: "Reasonable compromise" with US on nukesMOSCOW — Russian President Dmitry Medvedev says a preliminary deal with the U.S. to reduce stockpiled nuclear weapons is a "reasonable compromise" on the crucial issue.

July 6th, 2009 Obama trusts Medvedev to follow throughMOSCOW — President Barack Obama says he trusts Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (dih-MEE'-tree med-VYEH'-dyev) to follow through on the agreements the two leaders have announced at their summit in Moscow. The agreements include a preliminary deal to reduce both nations' stockpiles of nuclear warheads.

July 6th, 2009 Obama, Medvedev agree to pursue nuclear reductionMOSCOW — President Barack Obama said he and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev are countering "a sense of drift" in relations between their nations with preliminary agreement Monday to reduce the world's two largest nuclear stockpiles to as few as 1,500 warheads each. "We must lead by example, and that's what we are doing here today," Obama said as he and his Russian host pointed their arsenals toward the lowest levels of any U.S.-Russia arms control agreement.

July 6th, 2009 Medvedev: We must cooperate against nuclear spreadMOSCOW — President Dmitry Medvedev says Russia and the U.S. must work closely together to stop the spread of nuclear weapons in volatile regions including the Middle East.

July 6th, 2009 Medvedev calls summit 'important first step'MOSCOW — Russian President Dmitry Medvedev says the summit with President Barack Obama is a "first but very important step" toward revitalizing relations between Russia and the United States. Medvedev says better relations would benefit both countries and also the rest of the world.

July 2nd, 2009 Obama says Putin lives partly in pastWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is describing Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin as someone who still has "one foot in the old ways of doing business and one foot in the new." He says one reason he's meeting with Putin — as well as with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (dih-MEE'-tree med-VYEH'-dyev) — during his upcoming visit to Moscow is that he wants Putin to know that "the old Cold War approaches" to relations with the United States are "outdated." Obama says Putin "still has sway" in Russia. He also says the U.S.

April 1st, 2009 LONDON - The United States and Russia will reopen negotiations to reduce their nuclear warheads, a BBC report mentioned President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev as saying on Wednesday here, ahead of the G-20 economic summit which begins on Thursday. The discussions will be the first such talks for more than a decade.

April 1st, 2009 BRUSSELS - NATO Wednesday welcomed a joint declaration by US President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on nuclear arms control and on further cooperation in Afghanistan. 'Obviously NATO-Russia relations are heavily influenced by bilateral relations between the United States and Russia,' said NATO spokesman James Appathurai in Brussels.

March 2nd, 2009 MOSCOW - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Sunday he hoped to discuss US plans to deploy a missile shield system in Central Europe with his American counterpart Barack Obama when they will meet in April during the G20 summit in London. In an interview with the Spanish media, Medvedev said he hoped the new US administration would display a more creative approach to this issue than the previous George Bush administration.

January 15th, 2009 GORKI - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has expressed hope that Washington will develop constructive relations with Moscow after president-elect Barack Obama's inauguration Jan 20. 'Naturally, with the appearance of a new administration we are counting on the development of relations between our two countries, as a lot of problems have built up in our ties of late,' Medvedev said Thursday at a meeting with Russian envoy to the US Sergei Kislyak.