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Transcript: RUSSIAN FEDERATION PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTINRUSSIAN FEDERATION PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN HOLDS A NEWS CONFERENCE WITH CIS EXECUTIVE SECRETARY SERGEY LEBEDEV
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- December 28, 2007
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Washington Transcript Service
12-28-2007
PRESIDENT PUTIN HOLDS A NEWS CONFERENCE WITH CIS EXECUTIVE
SECRETARY SERGEY LEBEDEV, AS RELEASED BY THE KREMLIN
DECEMBER 28, 2007
SPEAKERS: RUSSIAN FEDERATION PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN
CIS EXECUTIVE SECRETARY SERGEY LEBEDEV
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PUTIN: After two months in your new office, what is your view of
the situation?
LEBEDEV: Things are rather complicated today. I have visited five
member countries and met with leaders of six states, including Russia -
Presidents, Prime Ministers, Foreign Ministers, and other top officials.
What was important for me and for the CIS as a whole is that all
the leaders I met with have ...