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“Obama’s visit is a high in Russian-American relations”

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Published 07 July, 2009, 11:25

The meeting of Obama and Medvedev is very timely and will prove to be effective in reducing the world’s nuclear arsenal as it is a huge economic burden to keep, says political analyst Viktor Linnik.

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“We face a broad array of crises” John Kirton, the director of the G8 research group based at the University of Toronto, Canada, provides an analysis into the G8 summit agenda and the potential decisions, difficulties and agreements it may result in.

“AMD issue not resolved” Former US Senator Gary Hart, who is one of the co-chairs of the bipartisan Commission on US Policy Towards Russia comments on the outcomes of Obama’s visit and discusses some of the issues left unresolved.

ROAR: “Obama is a tandem of power himself” Analysts and media in Russia are not sure that Moscow and Washington really have reset relations during Barack Obama’s visit.

“Medvedev & Obama agree to fight against protectionism” Ahead of the G8 summit the Russian and US leaders have agreed to discuss how to restructure the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, said Konstantin Kosachev, Head of the State Duma Foreign Affairs Committee.

“Putin and Obama had a very good opportunity to understand each other” The ultimate result of the Obama–Putin meeting was Obama’s statement that the Russian PM is a “man of today and he’s got his eyes firmly on the future,” says Putin’s press attaché Dmitry Peskov.

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G8 summit purely smoke and mirrors – Celente Is the G8 actually capable of solving the world’s financial problems? The founder and director of the Trend Research Institute in the US Gerald Celente isn’t holding his breath.

“Obama brings a big change in foreign policy” President Barack Obama represents a major change in US foreign policy, especially with regards to Georgian and Ukrainian plans to join NATO, believes John Laughland from the Institute for Democracy and Cooperation.

“In Afghanistan the US could rely on Russia only” The mission to reset ties between Moscow and Washington appears to be well on track. Russia has agreed to allow the US to fly military supplies to Afghanistan across its territory.

“Long-term vision – pick up on Medvedev’s invitation on Euro-Atlantic security” Charles Kupchan, Georgetown University: “Bringing Russia into the Euro-Atlantic community may make the issue of whether Ukraine and Georgia join NATO much less of an oppressing irritant in Russia-US relationship.”

Russian FM: Obama wants to rethink view of global situation As the official part of President Obama’s ended, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov expressed optimism to Vesti TV about the US initiative to reset relations with Russia.

“It’s these kinds of ties that can turn US and Russia into real allies” Joseph Cirincione, Ploughshares Fund: “Ties are forged not just on the arms control front, not just on the business front, but on real, militarily significant levels that are both in the US’s and Russia’s interests.”

“USA and Russia can find compromise on South Ossetia” “Asking Russians to change their decision on South Ossetia is impossible; it is not realistic,” says Giulietto Chiesa, a former member of the Europarliament. This “requires changes in the behavior from the US President.”

“Obama trips way to make amends for the Bush administration” – US analyst “Obama is trying to patch over poor relations not just with Russia but also with the Islamic world. But most US analysts recognize the limited significance of those meetings,” says Justin Logan of the CATO Institute.

“Extraordinary visit” Vladimir Ryzhkov from the Higher School of Economics voices his amazement at the amount of time President Obama spent not only with top Russian politicians, but also with NGOs, students and opposition members.

NATO expansion still has to be addressed NATO expansion and a proposed missile defense shield still have to be thoroughly addressed by Obama and Medvedev, says the president of Lawyers Alliance for World Security, Ambassador Thomas Graham, Jr.

Opposition has its say on Russia-US relations President Barack Obama and Russian opposition leaders met on Tuesday to discuss bilateral relations, a proposed missile defense shield, human rights and the fate of jailed Yukos executives.

“Americans learned more about Medvedev” Most Americans knew little about Dmitry Medvedev before the Moscow summit; Vladimir Putin is far more known in the US. The meeting showed what kind of leader Medvedev is, says Tony Halpin of The Times.

Breakfast at Putin’s Oh, to have been a fly on the wall (but certainly not on Obama) during US President Barack Obama's tense breakfast at Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s residence!

Moscow summit just the beginning The Moscow summit was just the first step on the way to something greater, says Mikhail Troitskiy, a political expert from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations.

“The tide is turning” Horton Beebe-Center, president of the Eurasia Foundation, talked to RT about President Obama’s speech to civic and NGO representatives and the prospect of Russian-US cooperation on a non-political level.

“Obama heard Russia’s concerns” Obama showed concern for Russia’s interests, something that the Bush administration was lousy at doing, says Fred Weir of the Christian Science Monitor.

“A working relationship is developed” Andrew Hardisty, head of Democrats Abroad in Moscow, says that the agreement between Russia and the US to reduce nuclear stockpiles sets a precedent for discussing more difficult issues in the future.

American AMD plans still undecided What happens to the US plans to deploy an anti-ballistic missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic after the Medvedev–Obama meeting is still a big question, says political analyst Henrik Sukhar.

“Change in tone is already an improvement” Establishing a dialogue between the US and Russia is already an accomplishment, believes documentary film maker Kevin McNeer.

“You can’t export democracy with force” Jan Tamash of the Czech “No to base” movement talks about the Obama administration’s new approach to the AMD shields in Eastern Europe and its military foreign policy.

The politics of perfect speech Viktor Sukhodrev, who was the personal interpreter for Soviet leaders Nikita Khrushchev and Leonid Brezhnev, discusses how good language skills are of great importance when big political issues are on the table.

“New nuclear treaty – quite predictable” Kirill Koktysh from the Moscow Institute of International Relations discusses whether the newly-ratified nuclear treaty is simply a gesture by Russia and the US, or an actual step towards disarmament.

“Obama–Medvedev agreements a breakthrough” The Obama–Medvedev “nuclear” agreements are a breakthrough, because the two countries have shown commitment to stop wasting money on arms, says Fabrice Node-Langloi, the Moscow correspondent of French daily Le Figaro.

“Obama has chosen the easiest part to restart” “Apart from the question of nuclear arms reduction there was hardly any other single crucial issue discussed between the two presidents,” complains international relations analyst Ekaterina Kuznetsova.

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