At Summit, Russian Leader May Aim To Repair Ties

nysun.com     07-Jul-2008            

By HENRY MEYER, Bloomberg News TOYAKO, Japan — President Medvedev of Russia, joining his first summit of world leaders yesterday, likely will try to repair ties frayed by his predecessor Vladimir Putin's confrontational tactics. "Medvedev is playing the role of a good cop after Putin to improve Russia's image in the West," an analyst in Moscow for the Washington-based Heritage Foundation, Yevgeny Volk, said. "He's a polite person, an educated and intelligent guy." The new president will use his softer touch to push for greater weight in the global financial system. In doing so, he will open a new front in a campaign for influence begun by Mr. Putin, who mainly focused on expanding Russia's geopolitical clout. "Russia today is a global player," Mr. Medvedev told an investment forum in St. Petersburg in May. "We must recognize... [read full story]                    

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Gordon Brown set for first meeting with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev

timesonline.co.uk     07-Jul-2008          

Philip Webster, Political Editor, in Hokkaido Gordon Brown meets Dmitry Medvedev, his Russian counterpart, for the first time today with diplomats hoping the frosty relations between the two countries can be thawed. Britain and...                    

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Gordon Brown in G8 meeting with Russian President Dmitri Medvedev

timesonline.co.uk     07-Jul-2008          

Philip Webster, Lake Toya, Japan Dmitri Medvedev, the new Russian President, met Gordon Brown for the first time today as the two leaders attempted to thaw relations after a period of diplomatic hostility. Relations between...                    

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Medvedev meets Bush at G8 summit

rian.ru     07-Jul-2008          

Dmitry Medvedev and George W. Bush became the first leaders to hold a bilateral meeting during the G8 summit in the northern Japanese resort village of Toyako. The Russian delegation called the meeting friendly, but said some...                    

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William Harrison Medvedev's liberal Russia: real or rhetorical?

guardian.co.uk     07-Jul-2008          

We need to see action, not just talk, if we're to trust the new Russian president's commitment to greater liberalism We've been here before. In 2000, western leaders and media waxed lyrical about the new man in the Kremlin,...                    

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Medvedev: oil and gas tour before G8 summit

rian.ru     07-Jul-2008          

MOSCOW. On the way to the G8 summit, President Dmitry Medvedev visited Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan, our next-door neighbors and major Caspian oil and gas producers. The Russian president and his Kazakh counterpart,...                    

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Medvedev and Brown

ft.com     08-Jul-2008          

So much for a “fresh start” between Britain and Russia, in the Medvedev era. It sounds like Gordon Brown and President Medvedev had a pretty disastrous meeting yesterday. There is a striking contrast between the way the...                    

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Simon Tisdall: Gordon Brown met his match in Dimitry Medvedev

guardian.co.uk     09-Jul-2008          

If it had been boxing, the encounter would have been deemed a mismatch. Dmitry Medvedev, a young, fit-looking 42, freshly elected in a (stage-managed) landslide, feisty and full of beans versus Gordon Brown, 57, veteran of a...                    

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Simon Tisdall: Gordon Brown met his match in Dmitry Medvedev

guardian.co.uk     09-Jul-2008          

If it had been boxing, the encounter would have been deemed a mismatch. Dmitry Medvedev, a young, fit-looking 42, freshly elected in a (stage-managed) landslide, feisty and full of beans versus Gordon Brown, 57, veteran of a...                    

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Simon Tisdall: Brown loses on points to Medvedev

guardian.co.uk     09-Jul-2008          

If it had been boxing, the encounter would have been deemed a mismatch. Dmitry Medvedev, a young, fit-looking 42, freshly elected in a (stage-managed) landslide, feisty and full of beans versus Gordon Brown, 57, veteran of a...                    

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Medvedev pledges response to U.S. missile shield

rian.ru     09-Jul-2008          

RUSUTSU, (Hokkaido), July 9 (RIA Novosti) - Russia will respond to U.S. missile shield plans in Central Europe, President Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday, pledging at the same time that Moscow would not resort to 'hysterics'...                    

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