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Article: Russian FM lashes out at United States on missile defense, other security issues
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- December 5, 2007
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Russia's foreign minister on Wednesday accused the United States of backtracking on proposals for missile defense cooperation and rebuked Washington on other divisive security issues.
Sergey Lavrov's remarks set a tough tone for an expected meeting Friday with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and follow Russian parliamentary elections that strengthened President Vladimir Putin, who has repeatedly criticized American foreign policy.
Underlining a deep rift over U.S. plans to deploy missile defense installations in former Soviet satellite states of Central Europe, Lavrov detailed Russian allegations that Washington has gone back on compromises promised when he met with ...