Article: EU would suffer over sanctions, says Russia; INTERNATIONAL.(News)

Article: Putin tours French air defense base, holds talks with European leaders
AP Worldstream;  March 18, 2005 ;     612 words ......and Chirac also greeted Russian writers taking part in...teenager, Chirac studied Russian and translated a few...Western leader to tour Russia's top-secret Titov space...change, especially with Russia now at the European Union...EU in May. The three European leaders "consider ...

Article: EU urges European leaders to "drop energy nationalism"
Xinhua News Agency;  March 8, 2006 ;     544 words ...EU urges European leaders to "drop energy nationalism...Manuel Barroso urged all European leaders on Wednesday to drop...the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, are believed...new partnership with Russia," he said. "We are interdependent...energy resources from Russia, namely ...

Article: EUROPEAN LEADERS EUROPEAN LEADERS HOLDS A NEWS CONFERENCE AT E.U. SUMMIT
Washington Transcript Service;  November 24, 2006 ;     700+ words ......Transcript Service 11-24-2006 EUROPEAN LEADERS HOLD A NEWS CONFERENCE AT...basic agreement between Russia and the E.U. E.U. has been...position on this issue, because Russia is prepared to (inaudible...extent of relations between Russia and the E.U. because we base...

Article: Putin, European leaders discuss Chechnya.
United Press International;  October 30, 2000 ;     478 words ...PARIS, Oct. 30 (UPI) Russian President Vladimir Putin...taking power, agreed with European leaders Monday on the urgent need...ostensibly to attend an annual Russian-EU summit. But French officials...pointed French criticism of Russia's use of military force in...it was unclear whether ...

Article: EUROPEAN LEADERS HOLDS A NEWS CONFERENCE AT E.U. SUMMIT
Political Transcript Wire;  November 24, 2006 ;     700+ words ...EUROPEAN LEADERS HOLD A NEWS CONFERENCE AT...basic agreement between Russia and the E.U. E.U. has been...position on this issue, because Russia is prepared to (inaudible...extent of relations between Russia and the E.U. because we base...

Article: Pushback for Mr. Putin; European leaders deliver a necessary rebuke to Moscow.
The Washington Post;  May 20, 2007 ;     514 words ......France would blame them for causing trouble with Russia. Instead, at an E.U.-Russian summit in the Russian city of Samara Friday, Western leaders stood up to the Russian bully. At a news conference with Mr. Putin, European...forthrightly declared that "we had occasion to say to our ...

Article: VOA NEWS: RUSSIAN, EUROPEAN LEADERS HOLD INFORMAL SUMMIT
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 20, 2006 ;     350 words ......following story: By Lisa Bryanta Russian and European leaders are meeting in Finland Friday...issues - including energy and Russian-Georgian tensions - cloud...expected to top the agenda of Russian and European Union leaders...oil and gas supplies from Russia, and for Moscow to cut ...

Article: European leaders welcome democratic progress in east, but absent Belarus casts a shadow
AP Worldstream;  May 16, 2005 ;     525 words ......05-16-2005 Dateline: WARSAW, Poland European leaders hailed the progress of democracy...speed up the withdrawal of Russian military bases, stressed his...constructive relationship with Russia." But he also underlined Georgia...Belarus, still an ally of Russia, he highlighted concern over...

Article: European leaders united by call to freeze ties with Moscow
The Independent - London;  August 19, 2008 ;     371 words ...European leaders will attempt to bury their...the Western alliance and Russia in the aftermath of the war...British diplomats said. The Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov...members, that emboldened Russia to strike back so powerfully...

Article: Three European leaders to apply diplomatic soft touch with Russian president
AP Worldstream;  March 17, 2005 ;     512 words ......Paris on Friday. Three European leaders, led by French President...persuasion to nudge the Russian president closer to their...objections, Iran and Russia signed a nuclear fuel...have been raised about Russia in our own way." A European Union-Russia summit is set for May...democratic ...

Article: SEN. LUGAR CALLS FOR EUROPEAN LEADERS TO ACT ON ENERGY SECURITY
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  August 28, 2008 ;     700+ words ......Lugar today called on European leaders to act on energy security...dependence on natural gas from Russia. In fact, the conflict...the more important for European leaders to act on energy security...pipelines circumventing Russian soil, is essential to...being challenged by the ...

Article: European Leaders Meet With Putin
AP Online;  March 23, 2001 ;     522 words ......Writer AP Online 03-23-2001 European Leaders Meet With Putin STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin...robust manner'' -- much as Russia did with Chechen rebels...leaders. He said that when Russia withdrew its troops from...

Article: Part 2; Remarks With European Parliament President Hans-Gert Pottering At Town Hall Meeting with Young European Leaders.
M2 Presswire;  March 9, 2009 ;     700+ words ......Town Hall Meeting with Young European Leaders(C)1994-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS...Parliament. Anna's question from Russia is so important. Yesterday...proposal to reenergize the NATO-Russia Council as a forum for discussion...matters we don't agree with Russia. We think there are a number...

Article: At crossroads, Putin looks West: Russia's president meets today with European leaders to discuss common enemy, new cooperation.(World)
The Christian Science Monitor;  October 3, 2001 ;     700+ words ......aftermath of the Sept. 11 terror attacks, Russian President Vladimir Putin faces a defining...Great. Mr. Putin is in Brussels today at Russia's annual summit with heads of the 15-member...international terrorism has presented Russia with a fundamental strategic choice...