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Joseph Biden visit gives mixed signals?

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Published 21 July, 2009, 01:40

The U.S. Vice President’s visit to Ukraine and Georgia gives mixed signals to Russia. However, president’s Obama’s personal visit to Moscow shows that relations with Russia are the top priority.

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That is according to political analyst Ivan Eland of the Independent Institute, who was speaking to RT’s Alyona Minkovski.

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