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Russia-USA : the end of the "Reset" ?

by Alexandre Latsa

Moscow (Russia) | 3 July 2013

Speaking like a lord and master, Washington had proposed to forget the troubles in its relationship with Moscow and start over (the "reset"). But that was at a time when the USA ruled the world. Today, Russia is standing firm, and is rebalancing international relations by turning towards China.

Lithuanian defense minister calls on Russia to trust NATO

9 February 2010

Lithuania’s defense minister said that a decision by NATO member France to sell Russia a top-of-the-range warship demonstrates that the alliance is no threat to Moscow.
France said on Monday it had agreed to sell Russia a Mistral-class warship, worth 400-500 million euros (around $600-$750 (…)

China confirms sanctions against U.S. suppliers of arms to Taiwan

3 February 2010

China confirmed on Tuesday its decision to impose sanctions against U.S. suppliers of arms to Taiwan.
Beijing warned Washington last weekend that its $6.3-billion deal to sell arms to Taiwan could impair bilateral relations already marred by Chinese cyber attacks on Google and China’s (…)

“Iraq is ready to cooperate with Russia in all fields”

by Jalal al-Mashta

7 October 2005

Umar Dzhabrailov of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Federation invited me to come to Moscow to participate in the round table “Russia-Iraq: Cooperation Prospects” which is an initiative of the “Russian Islamic Heritage” movement. The fact that the media usually presents the dark side of the (…)

“Interview with Albanian President Alfred Moisiu”

by Alfred Moisiu

19 May 2005

The political and economic transition phase hasn’t been completely over in Albania. The reforms have worked but we haven’t achieved yet what we expected. The obstacles are not only technical but psychological and political. The transition from a totalitarian regime to a pluralistic democracy (…)

“On Russia’s Visit”

by Daniel Scioli

3 May 2005

This visit to Russia is very important for us. We are very grateful for the help given to Argentina and we will soon celebrate the 120th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between our two countries. In spite of the crisis of 1998 in Russia and the crisis of 2001 in (…)