Medvedev: Summit with Obama “first but very important step” toward recharging relations

September 24th, 2009 Medvedev says Russia may support sanctions on IranPITTSBURGH — Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Thursday that Russia would support new sanctions against Iran if diplomatic efforts should fail. Speaking to university students in Pittsburgh, where leaders of the world's largest economies have gathered for a two-day summit, Medvedev offered clarification of remarks this week that had opened the door to Russia potentially backing sanctions.

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 9th, 2009 Russia: US-Russian summit was 'groundbreaking'MOSCOW — A high-level Russian diplomat says the recent U.S.-Russia summit was "groundbreaking" for relations between the old Cold War adversaries. U.S. President Barack Obama visited Moscow on Monday and Tuesday with the goal of resetting ties.

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 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 opens summit with Medvedev in MoscowMOSCOW — President Barack Obama opened his first Moscow summit with confidence on Monday, predicting "extraordinary progress" out of meetings set to test his diplomatic skills on important priorities such as nuclear arsenal reductions and the fight in Afghanistan. "The United States and Russia have more in common than they have differences," Obama said he sat down in an ornate Kremlin room with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.

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 2nd, 2009 Russian president hopeful for Obama summitMOSCOW — Russia's president said in a video released Thursday he was hopeful that an upcoming summit with Barack Obama will help Moscow and Washington find new ways to cooperate. Dmitry Medvedev's comments were the latest in a string of upbeat statements from Moscow ahead of Obama's first trip to Russia as U.S.

June 29th, 2009 Portugal creates electric car recharging networkLISBON, Portugal — Portugal announced a plan Monday to install about 1,300 recharging sites for electric vehicles over the next two years, part of an effort to create a mass market for environmentally friendly electric cars expected to go on sale next year. The center-left Socialist government is aiming to reduce energy imports and emissions.

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 31st, 2009 MOSCOW - Russia and the US need to clear 'toxic assets' souring their relations and work together on key global issues, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said in an article in the Washington Post Tuesday. Neither country can afford to tolerate 'drift and indifference' to perpetuate their ties, the Kremlin leaders said.

March 28th, 2009 MOSCOW - US President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev would issue joint statements on bilateral relations and strategic arms reduction at their upcoming meeting in London, the Russian president's aide said Saturday. 'We will have two presidential statements - on Russian-US relations generally, but also on START.

January 23rd, 2009 MOSCOW - Russia will cooperate with US President Barack Obama on Afghanistan and allow US and NATO forces safe passage through its southern territory to support operations against terrorism, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Friday. 'We are ready for full-fledged cooperation with all countries on the issue of assuring security in Afghanistan, including the United States,' Medvedev said on an official visit to Uzbekistan, a central Asian nation which shares a border with Afghanistan.

January 21st, 2009 MOSCOW - US President Barack Obama could pay a visit to Moscow in April, a Russian business daily said Thursday. Obama was sworn in Tuesday as the 44th president of the US.

January 16th, 2009 MOSCOW - Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev Saturday said the Moscow summit aimed at ending the gas dispute between Moscow and Kiev was useful. Medvedev told a press conference after the summit that he wanted Russian gas supplies to Europe to resume within the next few days.