President Biden’s agreement with German Chancellor Angela Merkel may improve U.S.-German relations, but it won’t achieve much else.
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U.S., Russia to hold strategic and arms control talks
Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman will lead the American delegation next week in Switzerland,
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Next time Russia may fire to hit intruding warships, senior diplomat warns
Moscow claims that one of its warships fired warning shots and a warplane dropped bombs in the path of a British destroyer on Wednesday to drive it away from waters near the Crimean city of Sevastopol.
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No hugs, no barbs: A ‘practical work’ summit for Biden and Putin
The two leaders agree to return their chief diplomats to Moscow and Washington, and to start work on a plan to solidify their countries’ last remaining treaty limiting nuclear weapons.
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What they want: Divergent goals for Biden, Putin at summit
What will happen in Geneva when President Biden meets Russia’s Vladimir Putin for the first time since taking office isn’t yet clear.
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Ex-Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, now a Mainer, marched on the Capitol on Jan. 6
The former Californian, who’s been called ‘Putin’s favorite congressman,’ confirmed he was at the march to protest the ‘stolen election’ but said he urged fellow protesters not to storm the Capitol.
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NATO leaders declare China a global security challenge
President Biden has stepped up his effort to rally allies to speak in a more unified voice about China’s human rights record, its trade practices and its military’s increasingly assertive behavior that has unnerved U.S. allies in the Pacific.
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Russian court outlaws opposition leader Navalny’s groups
The ruling, part of a multipronged Kremlin strategy to steamroll the opposition, sends a tough message one week before President Vladimir Putin holds a summit meeting with President Biden in Geneva.
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Biden, Putin to meet face to face in June summit as tensions rise
The agenda is expected to include discussion of Russian action in neighboring Ukraine, this week’s forced diversion of a Lithuania-bound flight by Russian-ally Belarus, efforts by both nations to stem the coronavirus pandemic and more.
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Putin about would-be aggressors: ‘We would knock their teeth out’
In strong remarks during a conference call with officials, the Russian president noted that foreign efforts to contain Russia date from centuries ago.