Reports: Russia's foreign minister says new US missile defense plan less threateningOctober 7th, 2009 Reports: Russia says new US plan less threateningMOSCOW — Russian's new agencies are reporting that the foreign minister says the new U.S. missile defense plan looks less threatening than a Bush-era program scrapped by President Barack Obama.
Medvedev lauds US move on missile defense, calls for WMD-free Middle EastSeptember 23rd, 2009 Medvedev lauds US move on missile defenseUNITED NATIONS — Russian president Dmitry Medvedev lauded on Wednesday the Obama administration's decision to scrap plans for an Eastern Europe-based missile shield, a major irritant in relations with Moscow. "We view this decision as a constructive step in the right direction that deserve a positive response from the international community," Medvedev said, referring to Washington's decision last week to shelve a Bush-era plan for an Eastern European missile defense shield.
Experts: US, Russia still face tough arms control talks after Obama's missile defense moveSeptember 21st, 2009 Experts: US Russia face tough arms control talksMOSCOW — A new round of Russian-U.S. arms control talks began Monday, and Russian military experts predicted they will not be easy, despite President Barack Obama's decision to scrap plans for an Eastern Europe-based missile shield that Moscow opposed.
Top Russian military official confirms plan scrapped to deploy missiles near PolandSeptember 19th, 2009 Minister: Russia won't deploy missiles near PolandMOSCOW — Russia will scrap a plan to deploy missiles near Poland because the U.S. no longer wants to place a missile-defense system in Eastern Europe, a Russian deputy defense minister said Saturday.
Russia says it won't deploy missiles near Poland, criticizes Iranian president over remarksSeptember 19th, 2009 Russia says it won't deploy missiles near PolandMOSCOW — Russia said Saturday it will scrap a plan to deploy missiles near Poland since Washington has dumped a planned missile shield in Eastern Europe. It also harshly criticized Iran's president for new comments denying the Holocaust.
Russia's Putin praises Obama's missile defense move, urges US to end trade restrictionsSeptember 18th, 2009 Russia's Putin urges US to scrap trade barriersSOCHI, Russia — Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Friday praised President Barack Obama's decision to scrap plans for a missile defense system in Europe and urged the U.S. to also cancel Cold War-era restrictions on trade with Russia.
NATO chief calls US plans to shelve missile shield in Europe "a positive step"September 17th, 2009 NATO chief hails missile defense "positive step"BRUSSELS — NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen says a U.S. decision to shelve plans for a missile shield in the Czech Republic and Poland "is a positive step."
Fogh Rasmussen says he had talks with the U.S.
Russian president: US decision to scrap missile plans is a "responsible move"September 17th, 2009 Medvedev: US missile plan decision is responsibleMOSCOW — President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday praised the decision by the Obama administration to scrap plans for a missile defense system in Eastern Europe, calling it a "responsible move."
The Russian leader made the comments on state-run TV just hours after President Barack Obama announced he was shelving the project, which has been a major irritant in U.S. relations with Moscow for years.
Medvedev praises Obama's move on Europe missile shieldSeptember 17th, 2009 MOSCOW - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Thursday that Russia valued US President Barack Obama's decision to scrap plans for a missile shield in Central Europe. Obama announced earlier Thursday that Washington was dropping its previous plans to deploy elements of a missile shield in the Czech Republic and Poland because the Iran threat is perceived in a different way.
US reassures Poland no decision has been made on missile defense plansSeptember 1st, 2009 US reassures Poland on missile defense plansWASHINGTON — The United States is assuring Poland that it has not made a decision on where to deploy a European missile defense system but will keep Warsaw informed. U.S. national security adviser James Jones gave the message Tuesday to Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski in Gdansk, where the two officials are attending WWII remembrance ceremonies.
Reports: latest test of Russian ballistic missile Bulava fails in major setbackJuly 16th, 2009 Reports: test of Russian missile Bulava failsMOSCOW — News agencies says Russia's latest test of the advanced ballistic missile Bulava has failed, with the missile self-destructing. It's the sixth failure in 10 test launches for the Bulava — a major setback for Russia's efforts to upgrade its aging missile arsenal.
US, Russian leaders say they will intensify talks on their dispute over missile defensesJuly 6th, 2009 US and Russia set further talks on missile defenseMOSCOW — President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (dih-MEE'-tree med-VYEH'-dyev) are announcing a further review of possible ways to cooperate on missile defense. After talks in Moscow the two leaders issued a joint statement that indicated no breakthrough in one of the most divisive issues they face.
US confident missile defense dispute with Russia will not impede arms reduction talksJune 23rd, 2009 US: missile spat with Russia will be worked outWASHINGTON — A State Department official expressed confidence Tuesday that Russian objections to any U.S. missile defense system in eastern Europe will not impede arms reduction talks.
Obama adviser says some Russian missile defense objections are reasonableMay 1st, 2009 Obama adviser backs off Bush missile defense lineWASHINGTON — A senior adviser to U.S. President Barack Obama says that Russia has some reasonable concerns about U.S.
Russia's missile deployment suspension positive step: NATOJanuary 28th, 2009 BRUSSELS - NATO has said that a Russian decision, if confirmed, to halt plans to deploy missiles in Kaliningrad would be a positive step. 'If the decision has been taken ...
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