Vladimir Putin

01 July 2007 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in the United States for talks with President George W. Bush aimed at easing tensions between their two countries. The meetings are taking place at an unusual venue - the Bush family summer home in Kennebunkport, Maine.

They are meeting in virtual seclusion on the rocky coast of Maine. All the talks are being held in the sprawling house overlooking the sea owned by former President George H.W. Bush.    » read more »

July 1, 2007 -- Walker's Point, Kennebunkport, Maine -- PRESIDENT BUSH: Welcome. Is everybody having a nice day here?

Q Yes. The lobsters are good.

PRESIDENT BUSH: They are good.

Q Sir, are you going to take him fishing?

PRESIDENT BUSH: We might just do that, yes. Not sure yet, Mark.

Q Today?

PRESIDENT BUSH: Maybe today. It's pretty casual up here, as you know, unstructured.

Q -- the menu?

MRS. BUSH: Lobster, what else?

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Q How was the fishing today, sir?    » read more »

(Moscow, June 29, 2007) – US President George W. Bush should challenge his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Russia’s deteriorating human rights record when the two leaders meet in the United States on July 1 and 2, Human Rights Watch said.

Human Rights Watch called on Bush to press Putin to restore freedom of expression and the media, repeal draconian restrictions imposed on nongovernmental organizations, put an end to continued torture and enforced disappearances in Chechnya, and step up the fight against growing racism and xenophobia in Russia.    » read more »

28 June 2007 -- Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez is in Moscow for discussions with Russian President Vladimir Putin about a possible arms deal and expanded economic ties between the two countries.    » read more »

28 June 2007 -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is in Moscow for discussions with Russian President Vladimir Putin about a possible arms deal and expanded economic ties between the two countries.    » read more »

Statement by David Wright, Union of Concerned Scientists

WASHINGTON (June 6, 2007) – In the days running up to the G-8 Summit in Germany this week, Russian President Vladimir Putin has been denouncing U.S. plans to build a missile defense system in Central Europe. According to the top U.S. science-based nonprofit advocacy organization, the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), President Putin has nothing to worry about. The system won't work.

Below is a statement by Dr. David Wright, a physicist and co-director of UCS's Global Security Program:    » read more »

07 June 2007 -- U.S. President George W. Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet Thursday in Germany amid renewed tensions between the two sides.

The presidents will hold talks on the sidelines of the Group of Eight summit at the German Baltic Sea port of Heiligendamm.

Mr. Putin is angry at U.S. plans to install a missile defense system in Europe, calling it a threat to Russian security, and he vowed to aim his nation's missiles at the region if the system is built.    » read more »

Presidential adviser says two leaders will meet during G8 summit and in Maine

04 June 2007 -- Washington – President Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet on the margins of the Group of Eight (G8) leaders’ meeting and discuss the proposed U.S. missile defense system in Europe, U.S. National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley said June 4.    » read more »

04 June 2007 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin says his country will aim its rockets at European targets if the United States goes ahead with plans to build a missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic.

In an interview before his trip to the Group of Eight summit this week in Germany, Mr. Putin says Russia is not responsible for what he calls the "new arms race [that] is undoubtedly brewing in Europe." He brushed aside assurances that U.S. interceptor missiles will not be aimed at or intended to threaten Russia.    » read more »

May 30, 2007 -- President Bush will welcome Russian President Vladimir Putin to former President George H. W. Bush's home in Kennebunkport, Maine on July 1 and 2, 2007.

The President looks forward to the visit as part of the intensive bilateral dialogue with President Putin.

Cooperation between the United States and Russia is important in solving regional conflicts, stopping the spread of weapons of mass destruction, and combating terrorism and extremism.

The Presidents will discuss a wide range of issues, including Iran, civil nuclear cooperation, and missile defense.    » read more »

30 May 2007 -- Russia's top prosecutor has dismissed a lawmaker's suggestion that the country engage in an extradition swap with Britain.

The lawmaker had proposed extraditing former intelligence agent Andrei Lugovoi, a suspect in the poisoning of a former Russian intelligence agent, in exchange for Boris Berezovsky, a business tycoon wanted by Moscow who has been living in exile in Britain.    » read more »