Medvedev

Russia’s spies must learn from betrayal: Medvedev (Reuters)

November 12th, 2010

A billboard with a view of Moscow's Kremlin reflects in a puddle as Muscovites walk past it in the centre of Moscow in 2006. A top Russian spy turned double agent helped Washington crack a major Moscow spy ring that sparked the worst post-Cold War espionage crisis between the two countries, media and a lawmaker said Thursday.(AFP/File/Denis Sinyakov)Reuters - President Dmitry Medvedev told Russia’s once mighty spy agency on Friday to put its house in order after a senior spymaster betrayed a network of agents to the…

Russia’s Medvedev to meet Japan’s PM: spokeswoman (Reuters)

November 12th, 2010

Reuters - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will hold a bilateral meeting with Japan’s Prime Minister Naoto Kan on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum (APEC), Medvedev’s spokeswoman said…

Medvedev to sign nuclear power deal in Vietnam (Reuters)

October 29th, 2010

Reuters - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will sign agreements to help build Vietnam’s first nuclear power plant and a hydroelectric power station during a visit to the Soviet-era ally starting…

Putin and Medvedev closest ever in popularity: poll (Reuters)

October 29th, 2010

Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev sits in a cabin of a KAMAZ Master team truck after a ceremony to award members of the team in Naberezhnye Chelny in the Russian republic of Tatarstan, October 26, 2010. REUTERS/Ria Novosti/Kremlin/Vladimir RodionovReuters - President Dmitry Medvedev has narrowed the gap in approval ratings with his mentor Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, widely seen as Russia’s most powerful man, a poll published in…

Medvedev talks with Afghan, Pakistani leaders (AP)

August 18th, 2010

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, right,  welcomes his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai during their meeting in the Bocharov Ruchei residence near the Russia's Black Sea resort of Sochi, Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010. Medvedev is hosting leaders of Afghanistan, Pakistan and Tajikistan for talks on joint efforts to stabilize the region. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Dmitry Astakhov, Presidential Press Service)AP - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Wednesday offered Pakistan support in dealing with catastrophic floods as he hosted the leaders of Afghanistan, Pakistan and Tajikistan for talks on efforts…

Medvedev widens powers of KGB successor agency (AP)

July 29th, 2010

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (pictured) has signed into a law a bill expanding the powers of the successor to the Soviet-era KGB security service, the Kremlin said in a statement. The bill, criticised by rights groups, would allow the Federal Security Service to issue official warnings to individuals whose actions are deemed to be creating the conditions for crime.(AFP/File/Alexey Panov)AP - Russia has broadened the authority of the Federal Security Service, the KGB’s main successor agency, giving it Soviet-style repressive powers in a move critics say could be used…

Medvedev: New technologies would open access (AP)

June 23rd, 2010

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev smiles during a speech at Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif., Wednesday, June 23, 2010. Medvedev is in California for a two-day visit to Silicon Valley. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev says his country is open for business and welcomes new partnerships with the West.


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Obama, Medvedev sign treaty to cut nuclear arms (AP)

April 8th, 2010

President Barack Obama waves as he arrives at Prague Ruzyne Airport in Prague Thursday, April 8, 2010. President Obama is in Prague to sign the New START treaty with Russian president Dmitry Medvedev.(AP Photo/Radek Petrasek, CTK) **SLOVAKIA OUT**AP - Reaching anew for peace, President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday signed a treaty to shrink their nations’ nuclear arsenals, the biggest such pact between…

Reports: Medvedev proposes tougher terrorism laws (AP)

April 2nd, 2010

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, right, and officials observe a minute of silence for victims of this week's suicide bombings, in Mahachkala, the capital of Dagestan, a province in Russia's volatile North Caucasus, Thursday, April 1, 2010. Medvedev made a surprise visit to the violence-wracked southern province of Dagestan, telling authorities to use tougher, 'more cruel' measures to fight terrorism. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)AP - President Dmitry Medvedev is quoted as saying laws must be toughened for terrorist accomplices, regardless of their level of involvement, after 39 people were killed in double suicide…

Russia’s Medvedev promises ‘crueler’ measures (AP)

April 1st, 2010

Dmitry Medvedev chairs a Security Council meeting at the Gorki residence outside Moscow on Wednesday, March 31, 2010.  President Dmitry Medvedev, who recently said the militants had spread through the North Caucasus 'like a cancerous tumor',  this year appointed a deputy prime minister to oversee the troubled region and address the root causes of terrorism, including dire poverty and corruption.(AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)AP - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has made a surprise visit to the violence-wracked southern province of Dagestan, telling authorities to use tougher, “more cruel” measures to fight terrorism.


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