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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2182 world World - Russia en-us Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:13:38 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/2182 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090703/wl_canada_nm/canada_us_russia_meat nm/20090703/canada_us_russia_meat Reuters world Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:13:38 GMT Reuters - Russia has partly lifted its ban on Canadian pork, easing one of the major trade impediments that have been straining Canada's pork industry since the outbreak of H1N1 flu in April. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090703/ts_nm/us_russia_putin_obama nm/20090703/us_russia_putin_obama Reuters topstories Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:49:49 GMT Reuters - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Friday rejected U.S. President Barack Obama's charge that he was mired in Cold War thinking, setting the scene for a stormy first meeting at a Moscow summit next week. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_re_eu/eu_russia_us ap/20090703/eu_russia_us AP world Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:40:58 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_re_eu/eu_russia_us"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090629/capt.photo_1246274188826-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=68&q=85&sig=N.cY_Asr6lkTO2bwx4ZF8w--" align="left" height="68" width="130" alt="Pakistani trucks taking essential supplies Afghanistan near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Chaman. The United States and Russia may soon sign a deal boosting the transit of US supplies to Afghanistan through Russia, the Kommersant daily has reported, citing diplomatic sources.(AFP/File/Asghar Achackzai)" border="0" /></a>AP - Russia said Friday it will allow the United States to ship weapons across its territory to Afghanistan, a long-sought move that bolsters U.S. military operations but potentially gives the Kremlin leverage over critical American supplies.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_re_eu/eu_russia_us"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090629/capt.photo_1246274188826-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=68&q=85&sig=N.cY_Asr6lkTO2bwx4ZF8w--" align="left" height="68" width="130" alt="photo" title="Pakistani trucks taking essential supplies Afghanistan near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Chaman. The United States and Russia may soon sign a deal boosting the transit of US supplies to Afghanistan through Russia, the Kommersant daily has reported, citing diplomatic sources.(AFP/File/Asghar Achackzai)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_re_eu/eu_russia_ngos ap/20090703/eu_russia_ngos AP world Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:47:42 GMT AP - Russia's lower house of parliament on Friday approved a bill easing restrictions on the country's beleaguered human rights groups and other non-governmental organizations. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_re_eu/eu_russia_us_summit ap/20090703/eu_russia_us_summit AP world Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:29:46 GMT AP - Presidents Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev will likely sign a stack of agreements during their Moscow summit, but their chief goal may be for the United States and Russia to stop acting like adversaries — even if they can't be friends. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_ap_interview ap/20090703/us_obama_ap_interview AP politics Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:17:56 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_ap_interview"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090702/capt.4a5340e6858248bd917a750c9e872ff7.aptopix_obama_ap_interview_dcpm103.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=Q3lKGakyeMyAjU84FMfh_w--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="President Barack Obama gestures during his interview with The Associated Press, Thursday, July 2, 2009, in the West Wing of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)" border="0" /></a>AP - President Barack Obama said former Russian President Vladimir Putin and his hand-picked successor should expect an in-person reminder the Cold War is over when the U.S. leader makes his first trip to a Moscow summit.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_ap_interview"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090702/capt.4a5340e6858248bd917a750c9e872ff7.aptopix_obama_ap_interview_dcpm103.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=Q3lKGakyeMyAjU84FMfh_w--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="President Barack Obama gestures during his interview with The Associated Press, Thursday, July 2, 2009, in the West Wing of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/pl_afp/russiausdiplomacy afp/20090703/russiausdiplomacy AFP politics Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:24:16 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/pl_afp/russiausdiplomacy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246634482633-1-0.jpg?x=112&y=130&q=85&sig=q.QpPaTQ.LCSJMmkrO49Cg--" align="left" height="130" width="112" alt="US President Barack Obama (R) meets with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in London in April 2009. The Russian and US presidents plan next week to sign deals on replacing a Cold War-era missile treaty and the transit of US military supplies bound for Afghanistan, a Kremlin aide said Friday.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The Russian and US presidents plan next week to sign deals on replacing a Cold War-era missile treaty and the transit of US military supplies bound for Afghanistan, a Kremlin aide said Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/pl_afp/russiausdiplomacy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246634482633-1-0.jpg?x=112&y=130&q=85&sig=q.QpPaTQ.LCSJMmkrO49Cg--" align="left" height="130" width="112" alt="photo" title="US President Barack Obama (R) meets with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in London in April 2009. The Russian and US presidents plan next week to sign deals on replacing a Cold War-era missile treaty and the transit of US military supplies bound for Afghanistan, a Kremlin aide said Friday.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_re_eu/eu_russia_us_putin ap/20090703/eu_russia_us_putin AP world Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:13:01 GMT AP - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says the U.S. president is wrong to suggest he remains mired in a Cold War mindset. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090703/ts_nm/us_russia_usa nm/20090703/us_russia_usa Reuters topstories Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:50:50 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090703/ts_nm/us_russia_usa"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090703/i/r3692505427.jpg?x=130&y=98&q=85&sig=qLYDStfso_oOVhEFe7644w--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev stands during the recording of his Internet blog at the presidential residence Gorki outside Moscow, June 30, 2009. REUTERS/RIA Novosti/Kremlin/Dmitry Astakhov" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Russia hopes next week's visit by U.S. President Barack Obama will help restore confidence between the two biggest nuclear powers, a Kremlin aide said on Friday, after strains over Georgia and a U.S. missile shield plan.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090703/ts_nm/us_russia_usa"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090703/i/r3692505427.jpg?x=130&y=98&q=85&sig=qLYDStfso_oOVhEFe7644w--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="photo" title="Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev stands during the recording of his Internet blog at the presidential residence Gorki outside Moscow, June 30, 2009. REUTERS/RIA Novosti/Kremlin/Dmitry Astakhov" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/wl_sthasia_afp/russiausdiplomacyafghanistanmilitary afp/20090703/russiausdiplomacyafghanistanmilitary AFP world Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:46:57 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/wl_sthasia_afp/russiausdiplomacyafghanistanmilitary"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246620886343-1-0.jpg?x=112&y=130&q=85&sig=CJJ9hupf.ylit_sxEyY10A--" align="left" height="130" width="112" alt="US President Barack Obama (right) with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in London in April 2009. The Russian and US presidents plan next week to sign deals on replacing a Cold War-era missile treaty and the transit of US military supplies bound for Afghanistan, a Kremlin aide said Friday.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)" border="0" /></a>AFP - President Dmitry Medvedev and US counterpart Barack Obama next week plan to sign a deal allowing US military supplies for Afghanistan to transit Russia, Medvedev's top foreign policy aide said Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/wl_sthasia_afp/russiausdiplomacyafghanistanmilitary"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246620886343-1-0.jpg?x=112&y=130&q=85&sig=CJJ9hupf.ylit_sxEyY10A--" align="left" height="130" width="112" alt="photo" title="US President Barack Obama (right) with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in London in April 2009. The Russian and US presidents plan next week to sign deals on replacing a Cold War-era missile treaty and the transit of US military supplies bound for Afghanistan, a Kremlin aide said Friday.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090703/wl_nm/us_russia_ingushetia nm/20090703/us_russia_ingushetia Reuters world Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:44:34 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090703/wl_nm/us_russia_ingushetia"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090703/i/r3753736217.jpg?x=95&y=130&q=85&sig=Pwd37fEHwx_agDtDo6ZMKw--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="President of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Yevkurov (R) walks in the Kremlin in this June 12, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Sergei Chirikov/Pool" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The head of Russia's Muslim region of Ingushetia has regained consciousness and his health is improving after an assassination attempt last week left him gravely wounded, a spokesman said Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090703/wl_nm/us_russia_ingushetia"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090703/i/r3753736217.jpg?x=95&y=130&q=85&sig=Pwd37fEHwx_agDtDo6ZMKw--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="photo" title="President of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Yevkurov (R) walks in the Kremlin in this June 12, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Sergei Chirikov/Pool" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/pl_afp/russiausdiplomacyweaponsnuclear afp/20090703/russiausdiplomacyweaponsnuclear AFP politics Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:40:02 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/pl_afp/russiausdiplomacyweaponsnuclear"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246634482633-1-0.jpg?x=112&y=130&q=85&sig=q.QpPaTQ.LCSJMmkrO49Cg--" align="left" height="130" width="112" alt="US President Barack Obama (R) meets with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in London in April 2009. The Russian and US presidents plan next week to sign deals on replacing a Cold War-era missile treaty and the transit of US military supplies bound for Afghanistan, a Kremlin aide said Friday.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)" border="0" /></a>AFP - President Dmitry Medvedev and US counterpart Barack Obama are next week planning to sign a framework declaration replacing a key Cold War-era missile treaty, Medvedev's top foreign aide said on Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/pl_afp/russiausdiplomacyweaponsnuclear"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246634482633-1-0.jpg?x=112&y=130&q=85&sig=q.QpPaTQ.LCSJMmkrO49Cg--" align="left" height="130" width="112" alt="photo" title="US President Barack Obama (R) meets with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in London in April 2009. The Russian and US presidents plan next week to sign deals on replacing a Cold War-era missile treaty and the transit of US military supplies bound for Afghanistan, a Kremlin aide said Friday.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_re_eu/eu_russia_checkbook_diplomacy_analysis ap/20090703/eu_russia_checkbook_diplomacy_analysis AP world Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:49:37 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_re_eu/eu_russia_checkbook_diplomacy_analysis"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090702/capt.4255a64c84f84593a9fd34001fab969c.russia_india_aircraft_carrier_xaz111.jpg?x=130&y=99&q=85&sig=XUoNzJyI.p4rILRN0VQqCw--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev seen during his visit to the Sevmash factory in the northern city of Arkhangelsk on Thursday, July 2, 2009. Medvedev on Thursday criticized the holdup in refurbishing a Soviet-era aircraft carrier that was bought by India five years ago. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool)" border="0" /></a>AP - Russia is using its energy wealth to shore up influence abroad, pouring billions of dollars in loans and grants into former Soviet states and long-standing allies — even as it faces its own severe economic downturn.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_re_eu/eu_russia_checkbook_diplomacy_analysis"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090702/capt.4255a64c84f84593a9fd34001fab969c.russia_india_aircraft_carrier_xaz111.jpg?x=130&y=99&q=85&sig=XUoNzJyI.p4rILRN0VQqCw--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="photo" title="Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev seen during his visit to the Sevmash factory in the northern city of Arkhangelsk on Thursday, July 2, 2009. Medvedev on Thursday criticized the holdup in refurbishing a Soviet-era aircraft carrier that was bought by India five years ago. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090703/ts_nm/us_russia_usa_arms nm/20090703/us_russia_usa_arms Reuters topstories Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:54:53 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090703/ts_nm/us_russia_usa_arms"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090703/i/r1354728229.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=eHeFB_VbDPgiI9buqnWDjQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev smiles during a boat trip in the waters off the Sevmash factory as new Russian nuclear submarine Yuri Dolgoruky is seen in the background, in the northern city of Severodvinsk July 2, 2009. REUTERS/Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool" border="0" /></a>Reuters - U.S. and Russian negotiators have still not reached agreement on cutting stocks of their deadliest nuclear weapons ahead of President Barack Obama's first visit to Moscow on Monday, sources close to the talks said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090703/ts_nm/us_russia_usa_arms"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090703/i/r1354728229.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=eHeFB_VbDPgiI9buqnWDjQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev smiles during a boat trip in the waters off the Sevmash factory as new Russian nuclear submarine Yuri Dolgoruky is seen in the background, in the northern city of Severodvinsk July 2, 2009. REUTERS/Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090703/bs_nm/us_russia_usa_business nm/20090703/us_russia_usa_business Reuters business Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:51:01 GMT Reuters - U.S. businessmen are expected to use a Russia-U.S. business summit on Tuesday to press Moscow to rein in corruption and improve conditions for western companies operating in the country. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090702/pl_nm/us_russia_obama_putin nm/20090702/us_russia_obama_putin Reuters politics Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:35:18 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090702/pl_nm/us_russia_obama_putin"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090702/i/r2666419525.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=YxuAGinKGtNlmKnP3_mnBA--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin delivers a speech at the Japan-Russia business forum in Tokyo May 12, 2009. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin may discuss reserve currencies with U.S. President Barack Obama at a breakfast in Moscow next week, Putin's spokesman said on Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090702/pl_nm/us_russia_obama_putin"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090702/i/r2666419525.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=YxuAGinKGtNlmKnP3_mnBA--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="photo" title="Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin delivers a speech at the Japan-Russia business forum in Tokyo May 12, 2009. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_russia ap/20090702/us_obama_russia AP politics Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:11:51 GMT AP - President Barack Obama is describing Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin as someone who still has "one foot in the old ways of doing business and one foot in the new." http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_re_eu/eu_russia_medvedev_obama ap/20090702/eu_russia_medvedev_obama AP world Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:30:49 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_re_eu/eu_russia_medvedev_obama"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090702/capt.f04c30938125433a896df35e50841a76.russia_medvedev_obama_mosb103.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=9n07L.PUXRPgPCHv99Xbqw--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="In this image released by presidential press service on Thursday, July 2, 2009, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev gestures as he records a video for his internet site at the Gorki presidential residence outside Moscow on June 30. Russia's president said in new video released Thursday that he's hopeful that the upcoming summit with Barack Obama will help Moscow and Washington find new ways to cooperate. (AP Photo / RIA Novosti, Dmitry Astakhov, Presidential Press Service)" border="0" /></a>AP - 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.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_re_eu/eu_russia_medvedev_obama"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090702/capt.f04c30938125433a896df35e50841a76.russia_medvedev_obama_mosb103.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=9n07L.PUXRPgPCHv99Xbqw--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this image released by presidential press service on Thursday, July 2, 2009, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev gestures as he records a video for his internet site at the Gorki presidential residence outside Moscow on June 30. Russia's president said in new video released Thursday that he's hopeful that the upcoming summit with Barack Obama will help Moscow and Washington find new ways to cooperate. (AP Photo / RIA Novosti, Dmitry Astakhov, Presidential Press Service)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/wl_sthasia_afp/russiaindiadefencetrade afp/20090702/russiaindiadefencetrade AFP world Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:19:33 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/wl_sthasia_afp/russiaindiadefencetrade"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090702/capt.photo_1246540033312-1-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=FyjbFgZvs0RjjQYuu7OZGg--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday angrily rebuked a shipyard chief for delays to repairs of a Soviet-era aircraft carrier set for delivery to India, urging work to be completed quickly.(AFP/File/Pius Utomi Ekpei)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday angrily rebuked a shipyard chief for delays to repairs of a Soviet-era aircraft carrier set for delivery to India, urging work to be completed quickly.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/wl_sthasia_afp/russiaindiadefencetrade"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090702/capt.photo_1246540033312-1-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=FyjbFgZvs0RjjQYuu7OZGg--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday angrily rebuked a shipyard chief for delays to repairs of a Soviet-era aircraft carrier set for delivery to India, urging work to be completed quickly.(AFP/File/Pius Utomi Ekpei)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090702/pl_nm/us_russia_usa_medvedev nm/20090702/us_russia_usa_medvedev Reuters politics Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:54:56 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090702/pl_nm/us_russia_usa_medvedev"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090702/i/r22392711.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=bNjN6i337x_ld3wjcDlmRA--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev speaks with U.S. President Barack Obama on the phone in the presidential residence Gorki outside Moscow, June 30, 2009. REUTERS/RIA Novosti/Kremlin/Dmitry Astakhov" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday Washington and Moscow must set aside the power politics of the past and use a forthcoming summit to unite in tackling global economic and political problems.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/russia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090702/pl_nm/us_russia_usa_medvedev"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090702/i/r22392711.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=bNjN6i337x_ld3wjcDlmRA--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="photo" title="Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev speaks with U.S. President Barack Obama on the phone in the presidential residence Gorki outside Moscow, June 30, 2009. REUTERS/RIA Novosti/Kremlin/Dmitry Astakhov" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters)