May 22, 2012
The following articles have been tagged with "Medvedev":
Business & Money: 6 Nov 11
The leaders of Germany and Russia will inaugurate the controversial Nord Stream pipeline pumping Russian gas to Western Europe Tuesday, highlighting its strategic importance to both sides.
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National: 26 Sep 11
The German government on Monday called on Russia to see that next year’s presidential election observed “democratic principles,” and added that it would welcome a plan to send in independent election observers.
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Politics: 25 Sep 11
Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday that the likely return of Vladimir Putin to the presidency of Russia was a, “national Russian matter,” and that she would work well with him.
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Politics: 20 Jul 11
Chancellor Angela Merkel is meeting French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Wednesday evening in a hastily-arranged meeting a day before the European summit which will look at formulating a second rescue package for Greece.
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Business & Money: 19 Jul 11
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday that the eurozone summit on a second Greek rescue would not produce a "spectacular" knock-out blow to the bloc's sovereign debt crisis.
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Politics: 19 Jul 11
Chancellor Angela Merkel played down Germany's future energy dependence on Russia as a flap over a cancelled democracy prize for Prime Minister Vladimir Putin erupted at talks Tuesday.
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Politics: 18 Jul 11
Russia's ambassador to Berlin on Monday blasted the decision to cancel plans to award a private democracy prize to Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin after a storm of protest in Germany.
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Business & Money: 18 Jul 11
German Economy Minister Philipp Rösler would welcome increased investment by controversial Russian gas giant Gazprom - a topic for Chancellor Angela Merkel's meeting with Russian president Dmitri Medvedev this week.
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Business & Money: 14 Jul 11
Russian gas giant Gazprom and Germany's number two utilities group RWE said on Thursday they are looking to form a strategic partnership to construct jointly gas and coal power plants in Europe.
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National: 10 Jul 11
A prominent German political prize will go to Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, a spokesman said Sunday, in a move sharply criticised in the German press due to his rights record.
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Politics: 26 May 11
Chancellor Angela Merkel called on the rest of the world to carry out atomic reactor “stress tests” and demanded the G8 take a leading role in nuclear security on Thursday, ahead of a meeting of the group of leading nations.
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Politics: 11 Jan 11
Chancellor Angela Merkel, on the first visit by a German head of government to Europe's last divided capital, voiced her solidarity on Tuesday with Cyprus in its elusive efforts to reunify the island.
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Politics: 30 Dec 10
The German government said it was "very worried" after a Moscow court sentenced Russia's former richest man Mikhail Khodorkovsky on Thursday to 14 years in jail in his second fraud trial.
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Politics: 27 Dec 10
German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said he was "very worried" by the second fraud conviction of jailed Russian tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky Monday, calling it a "step backward" for the country.
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Society: 14 Dec 10
Former oil magnate Mikhail Khodorkovsky, once Russia's richest man, now imprisoned for fraud and awaiting the verdict in a second trial, was in the spotlight in Berlin Monday for a different reason - a human rights prize.
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Business & Money: 25 Nov 10
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday talked down the chances of a Russia-EU free trade zone, citing Russian tariffs and Moscow's trade relations with Kazakhstan and Belarus.
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Politics: 23 Nov 10
Germany's defence minister said late on Monday that the government aimed to suspend military conscription from July 1 next year, calling it "responsible and right."
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National: 20 Nov 10
NATO has set out its gradual withdrawal from Afghanistan, with responsibility for security to be handed over to domestic authorities by the end of 2014, at a summit meeting which started in Lisbon on Saturday.
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Politics: 16 Oct 10
Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy will host Russia's President Dimitry Medvedev next week at a seafront summit designed to bind Moscow more closely into a partnership with the West.
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Society: 14 Oct 10
Russian officials have been left red-faced after a salad containing a live earthworm was served at a dinner in honour of German President Christian Wulff, media reported Thursday.
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National: 3 Oct 10
Germany's President Christian Wulff Sunday paid tribute to the courage of those who threw off the shackles of communism, as the country celebrated 20 years since reunification after decades of Cold War division.
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National: 7 Aug 10
Germany has closed its embassy in Moscow until further notice because of noxious smog from spreading wildfires choking the Russian capital, a foreign ministry spokesman said Friday.
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National: 5 Aug 10
German Chancellor Angela Merkel took a break from her vacation in the Dolomites on Wednesday night to offer Russian President Dmitri Medvedev help in fighting raging wildfires across the country.
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Business & Money: 15 Jul 10
German engineering giant Siemens on Thursday signed deals worth several billion euros for the supply of trains and wind turbines to Russia, as the country embarks on a drive to modernise its outdated economy.
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Politics: 15 Jul 10
Just hours after Chancellor Angela Merkel urged Russia to ''find the truth'' about the murder of rights activist Natalya Estemirova, Russian authorities announced Thursday they had identified the killer.
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National: 5 Jun 10
Germany and Russia will work together towards imposing sanctions on Iran if it continues to refuse to stop its nuclear development programme, said Chancellor Angela Merkel after talks with Russian President Dmitri Medvedev.
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National: 9 May 10
Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday took part in Moscow ceremonies to mark the end of World War II in Europe. Her invitation by President Dmitry Medvedev is seen as a sign of improving relations between Germany and Russia.
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National: 18 Apr 10
Chancellor Angela Merkel has cancelled her planned trip to Poland to attend Sunday’s funeral service for President Lech Kaczynski and his wife Maria.
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Business & Money: 9 Apr 10
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Friday launched construction of the controversial Nord Stream gas pipeline that will link Russia and Germany via the Baltic Sea and supply the European Union with gas.
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National: 9 Nov 09
More than 100,000 people celebrated the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on Monday evening, as world leaders gathered in the German capital for emotional commemorations marking the spread of freedom across Europe.
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National: 8 Nov 09
Berlin warmed up Sunday for the 20th anniversary of the Wall's fall with celebrations throughout the city, as crowds gathered to relive the ecstatic scenes that heralded the demise of European communism.
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National: 8 Nov 09
Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who was posted as a KGB agent in Dresden under communism, has said he feels nostalgia for the former East Germany, in an interview to be broadcast Sunday.
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National: 1 Nov 09
Helmut Kohl, George Bush, and Mikhail Gorbachev hailed their excellent relations in Berlin on Saturday evening, 20 years after the Cold War leaders watched over the Wall's fall.
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Politics: 14 Aug 09
Chancellor Angela Merkel met Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in Russia Friday and both called for deeper economic ties amid talk of several major Russian-German industrial deals in the works.
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Politics: 16 Jul 09
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev held talks on Thursday dominated by their countries growing economic ties. But the two leaders also discussed the touchy subject of human rights.
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Politics: 16 Jul 09
German Chancellor Angela Merkel hosts Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday for talks dominated by efforts to avoid a new spat over gas supplies to Europe and the global financial crisis.
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Politics: 15 Jul 09
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will Thursday welcome Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev for talks set to be dominated by efforts to avoid another crisis over gas supplies to Europe this winter.
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Politics: 10 Jun 09
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier on a visit to Moscow Wednesday urged the Kremlin not to miss an opportunity for improved ties with Washington and a new deal on nuclear disarmament.
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National: 10 Apr 09
Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has called for American nuclear weapons to be withdrawn from Germany, saying that the recent US-Russian declaration to reduce weapons stockpiles was a big victory.
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Analysis & Opinion: 31 Mar 09
On the eve of the NATO’s 60th anniversary summit this week, Dr. Henning Riecke from the German Council on Foreign Relations argues Berlin must make a greater commitment to the transatlantic alliance.
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Politics: 27 Jan 09
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and US President Barack Obama have spoken on the telephone to discuss their common foreign policy goals following the new US leader’s first week in office.
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Politics: 10 Jan 09
Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has offered Barack Obama Germany’s help in a series of foreign policy matters, including reconstruction in Iraq.
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National: 6 Jan 09
A minister from the Czech Republic, current holder of the EU presidency, will hold talks in Berlin with Gazprom's vice-president Tuesday on an escalating gas dispute between Russia and Ukraine, a diplomatic source said.
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National: 1 Dec 08
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Monday the West should seek to influence Russia through engagement rather than trying to contain or punish Moscow.
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National: 6 Nov 08
German politicians have criticized Russian President Dmitri Medvedev's threat to station missiles at the Polish border after Barack Obama won the US presidential election on Tuesday.
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National: 1 Oct 08
Germany and Russia will on Thursday hold their first broad government consultations since the strain sparked by the Georgia crisis, with both sides hoping to get back to business as usual.
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Politics: 26 Aug 08
German Chancellor Angela Merkel Tuesday condemned Russian recognition of independence for the breakaway Georgian regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
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Politics: 25 Aug 08
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday called on Russia's president to reject a parliament resolution in Moscow to recognize the independence of two Georgian breakaway regions.
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National: 25 Aug 08
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said that relations with Russia are not returning to a Cold War freeze, according to an interview with ZDF public television.
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National: 20 Aug 08
Germany called on Russia on Wednesday to stick to its promise to withdraw its troops from Georgia by the weekend, calling troop movements so far "very unsatisfactory."
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National: 19 Aug 08
Germany said on Tuesday it is doubling the amount of financial aid for war-ravaged Georgia to €2 million after Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier called on Russia to withdraw its troops from "the heart" of the country.
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National: 17 Aug 08
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she backed the NATO bid of ex-Soviet republic Georgia while in Tbilisi to meet Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili on Sunday.
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Politics: 16 Aug 08
Former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder has criticized Georgia for the war over South Ossetia, warning against allowing the country to join NATO.
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National: 16 Aug 08
German authorities fear two German citizens have been kidnapped in Georgia, according to a report in Spiegel Online.
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Politics: 15 Aug 08
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday criticized Russia's recent military action against Georgia during talks with with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who said Moscow would not yield over South Ossetia.
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Politics: 15 Aug 08
Russian President Dimitry Medvedev reportedly plans to show German Chancellor Angela Merkel evidence of Georgian atrocities in South Ossetia during talks in Russia on Friday.
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National: 13 Aug 08
German Chancellor Angela Merkel promised to have stern words with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev over the conflict with Georgia when she meets him on Friday in the Black Sea city of Sochi.
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National: 12 Aug 08
Hundreds of people demonstrated in central Berlin on Tuesday for Russia to pull out of Georgian territory, calling on European powers to do more to stop the fighting.
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National: 11 Aug 08
Around 200 Germans have left Georgia because of the current conflict and 100 more are due to leave by bus later on Monday for the Armenian capital Yerevan, the German Foreign Ministry said.
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National: 10 Aug 08
The number two at the German foreign ministry said Georgia is breaking international law by launching military action to reclaim South Ossetia.
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National: 8 Aug 08
Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel called on Friday for an "immediate stop" to all violence in South Ossetia.
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National: 4 Aug 08
German Chancellor Angela Merkel paid tribute to Alexander Solzhenitsyn, who has died at 89, saying the "great" Russian writer played a decisive role in the demise of the Soviet Union, her spokesman said on Monday.
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National: 18 Jul 08
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has rejected key elements of a German plan aimed at ending a dangerous dispute with Russia over the separatist Georgian region of Abkhazia.
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Business & Money: 24 Jun 08
The Nord Stream gas pipeline from Russia to Germany via the Baltic Sea should be operational by late 2011, the head of German energy giant EON Ruhrgas said here Tuesday.
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Politics: 6 Jun 08
Germany said Friday it noted with "great interest" Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's proposal to call a European summit to discuss a sweeping new post-Cold War security pact.
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Politics: 6 Jun 08
Russian newspapers on Friday labelled Dmitry Medvedev's official visit to Berlin a success, after the new Russian president supposedly charmed his friendly and uncritical German hosts.
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National: 5 Jun 08
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on a visit to Berlin on Thursday he was worried by rising tensions with the West on security issues and sharply rejected outside intervention in Moscow's affairs.
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Politics: 5 Jun 08
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's visit to Germany on Thursday - his first European trip since taking office - will give Berlin a chance to probe his intentions on democratic reform and the rule of law.
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Business & Money: 4 Jun 08
Energy accounts for 70 percent of German imports from Russia, official data showed on Wednesday as Berlin got set to welcome Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on his first European trip since taking office.
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National: 9 May 08
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier will travel to Russia next week for talks with new President Dmitry Medvedev on the Middle East conflict and Iran's nuclear programme.
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National: 8 May 08
German Chancellor Angela Merkel wished Russia's new president Dmitry Medvedev "good luck" and said she expected to work closely with Vladimir Putin in his new role, according to comments published Thursday.
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National: 2 Apr 08
The West should avoid antagonizing Russia further, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Wednesday as ministers gathered in Romania to debate the eastward expansion of NATO.
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National: 28 Mar 08
The German government underlined its opposition on Friday to NATO opening the door to membership to former Soviet republics Ukraine and Georgia.
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Politics: 8 Mar 08
Russian President Vladimir Putin warned German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday that relations with the West would be no easier under his successor Dmitry Medvedev.
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Politics: 7 Mar 08
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will raise concerns about flaws in the Russian election in talks with President Vladimir Putin and his elected successor in Moscow on Saturday, a spokesman said.
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Analysis & Opinion: 3 Mar 08
Despite lingering questions about Russian democracy, Germany must be willing to take president-elect Medvedev at his word, writes Werner Hoyer, member of parliament for the Free Democrats.
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Politics: 3 Mar 08
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday congratulated Russian president-elect Dmitry Medvedev, but her spokesman regretted irregularities in the run-up to the vote.
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