Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has for the first time, met with US President George W.
Bush and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on the sidelines of the G8 summit. Medvedev said Moscow and Washington should keep up dialogue despite failing to overcome differences on US missile defence plans in Europe, NATO expansion plans and Labour fifth as Tories win Henley ...
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Brown lauds Bush's lead on terrorism ... the status of Kosovo. In talks with Gordon Brown, Medvedev said he wanted to normalise ties with London. Relations have fallen to their lowest point since the Cold War after Russia refused to extradite to Britain an ex-security guard who is accused of poisoning Kremlin critic Alexander Litvinenko in London in 2006. Strains in political ties have since then translated into tit-for-tat expulsions of diplomats and a row over oil giant TNK-BP.
(Deutsche Welle)
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