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08.11.2008, 13:05

RT Expert View: Will Obama’s victory improve Russia-U.S. relations?

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Russian soldier in South Ossetia (AFP Photo / VIktor Drachev) 28.11.2008, 18:11

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Vladimir Putin 04.12.2008, 21:44

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Photos by: Tech Sergeant Laura Smith, ISAF 03.12.2008, 15:48

The global financial crisis and NATO's commitment to Afghanistan

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Standard Missile (SM-3) from the Missile Defense Agency’s ballistic missile flight test. Picture released June 25 2007 by the U.S. Navy (AFP Photo) 06.12.2008, 00:19

U.S. tests missile defence shield

The U.S. has successfully conducted an anti-missile defence system test in the Pacific. A long-range interceptor launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California shot down a missile with a dummy warhead fired from Kodiak, Alaska.

Demonstrators protest against the proposed radar, Prague, 2008 (AFP Photo / Joe Klamar) 15.12.2008, 11:31

Czechs move to block US missile shield

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U.S. "to set up bases" in Central Asia

Published: 16 December, 2008, 15:02


The U.S. is planning to set up military bases in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, according to Russia's head of the General Staff. He said Washington already has forces in Bulgaria and Romania that can become operational within hours, raising concern in Moscow.

 
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