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Moscow summit just the beginning

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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.

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07.07.2009, 19:38

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.

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07.07.2009, 22:13

“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.

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