TODAY : Putin ‘defiant’ on troops in breakaway regions, signs new agreements with France; Medvedev responds to Condoleezza Rice; EU struggling on human rights issues against Russia. Aslamazyan to pay fine and go free; cartoons banned. Yushchenko on Russia.
Russia’s decisions on troop numbers in the former Georgian regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia will be taken ‘ defiantly ’, without consulting the West, which has urged Russia to withdraw completely from the areas.
Russia and France strengthened their cooperation over the weekend, signing agreements on education, renewable energy and Kyoto protocol. France’s Prime Minister, François Fillon, who met with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in Sochi, said that EU-Russia talks could resume next month. US Defense Secretary Robert Gates has played down the image of Russia as a threat, balancing out some of Condoleezza Rice’s more incendiary statements. President Dmitry Medvedev has responded mockingly t...
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