Khodorkovsky on Merkel's Agenda
...Merkel to press Medvedev on human rights By Judy Dempsey BERLIN: The case of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the imprisoned former boss of the Russian energy company Yukos, and other human rights issues...
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Merkel Challenges Putin on his ECHR Obstruction
...Merkel, Germanys chancellor, urged the Russian parliament on Tuesday to show its commitment to human rights by allowing important reforms to go ahead at the European Court of Human Rights, an...
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Putin Says Khodorkovsky Release to Depend on Medvedev
...Merkel's visit to Moscow: Putin: Medvedev to decide on oil tycoon's pardon MOSCOW, March 8 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday that it would be up to his successor...
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Kommersant on Putin's Doublespeak
...Merkel, but what really caught everyone's attention was what he said about presidential pardons with regard to the political prisoner Mikhail Khodorkovsky. The following is a translated excerpt...
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Did Bush Set Merkel Up?
...Merkel was upset with President Bush's continued forceful lobbying for Georgia and Ukraine to get a Membership Action Plan at the Bucharest summit. She apparently thought that the two of them...
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Bush Leaves NATO Stronger as Putin Seethes
...Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy
These two were different let's say more "American" in other important respects as well. Ms. Merkel isn't only the first woman chancellor, but the first German leader...
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Enter Putin two
...Merkel, who criticised Russia's parliamentary election, telephoned to say she could work well with Mr Medvedev. But it is not Mr Medvedev she may have to work with. For the next day, in a final...
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Putin's Party Sweeps Russian Vote (63%)
...Merkel said in an interview with Deutschlandfunk radio broadcast yesterday that she regretted the absence of OSCE observers and had told Putin of the importance of a multiparty system
The...
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Putin Has a New Old Friend in Europe
...Merkel's recent efforts to push through with reforms on the ECHR, and European disunity over energy security and unbundling will likely deepen even further. Perhaps worst of all, Berlusconi will...
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Germany Presses Russia on Human Rights
...Merkel meets President Dmitri Medvedev of Russia in Berlin this week, officials confirmed Monday
This is Medvedev's first foreign visit in Europe since taking office last month, and by making...