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"What is worrying is that Russia is trying to set apart the old and new EU and Nato members, renewing the division from the period of the Iraq invasion - into old and new Europe. "
Polish journalist of "Gazeta Wyborcza", largest non-tabloid Polish newspaper, criticizes Obama for not speaking out about the anti-missile shield."What is worrying is that Russia is trying to set apart the old and new EU and... more
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her Polish counterpart signed a deal Wednesday to build a U.S. missile defense base in Poland, an agreement that prompted an infuriated Russia to warn of a possible attack against the former Soviet satellite. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her Polish counterpart signed a deal Wednesday... more
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Russia's foreign ministry has said it will be forced to react with military means if the US and Czech Republic go ahead with plans for a missile shield.
It said Russia would respond "not with diplomatic, but with military-technical methods" if the system was deployed.
The statement comes hours after the US signed an initial deal to base part of Washington's controversial missile defence system in the Czech Republic.
Moscow says siting the system near its borders could weaken its own defenses. It has previously threatened to aim its own missiles at any eventual base in Poland or the Czech Republic.
The deal, signed by US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in Prague on Tuesday, allows a tracking radar base to be set up on Czech territory. The Pentagon says the shield is designed to counter a threat from the Middle East, not Russia.
Russia's foreign ministry has said it will be forced to react with military means... more
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Poland spurned as insufficient on Friday a U.S. offer to boost its air defenses in return for basing anti-missile interceptors on its soil but said it remained open to talks with Washington.
The decision by Poland, a staunch NATO ally, is a setback for the Bush administration drive to counter perceived threats from what Washington calls "rogue states."
Poland spurned as insufficient on Friday a U.S. offer to boost its air defenses in... more
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"Russia and China have condemned a US plan for a global missile defence shield, saying it will set back international disarmament efforts.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed a joint statement with Chinese President Hu Jintao in Beijing.
The US says the shield, parts of which it plans to deploy in Europe, is key to its own security and that of allies.
Both Russia and China have opposed the plans in the past but this is the first time they have come together to do so.
The US, which wants to locate a radar base in the Czech Republic and an interceptor missile site in Poland, says the system will offer protection against missiles fired from states like Iran and North Korea.
However, the plans have soured US-Russian ties, with Moscow fearing that the system could be used against Russia"."Russia and China have condemned a US plan for a global missile defence shield,... more
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