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President Dmitry Medvedev observed a minute's silence and he visited one of the bombed metro stations to lay flowers.

"That would be very unpleasant, " Medvedev warned reporters in response to a question about a START delay.

Putin is a dictator pulling these strings. Medvedev get's his instructions from Putin and would be toast if he did not follow them.

Medvedev showed his willingness to continue to perform this role should Mr. Putin choose to leave him in the Kremlin.

For the next day, in a final surprise, Mr Medvedev invited Mr Putin to be his prime minister.

Likewise, pronouncements by Mr Putin on foreign policy, which is nominally Mr Medvedev's domain, do not seem to faze the president.

Medvedev did not specify the specific meaning of this statement, saying that such a resolution could be various interpretations.

Mr Medvedev may never have been a real alternative to Mr Putin, but he held out the faint possibility of a transition of power.

Due to the presence of journalists, Medvedev to recognize the "not ready to be baptized in front of reporters. "

Medvedev, for his part, said the Russia-China strategic partnership of coordination has achieved rapid, sound development.

Dmitry Medvedev, the current occupant of the Kremlin, said he wanted Mr Putin to run for president next year.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will join Obama and other NATO leaders for a meeting of the NATO-Russia Council, he said.

This travel itinerary spoke something of what Medvedev wanted to achieve on his first visit as Russian president to the United States.

Putin is known as a judo enthusiast while Medvedev has said he enjoys yoga.

Medvedev also said another task on Russia's agenda was to transfer all combat units to a state of "permanent readiness" .

Mr Medvedev recently suggested that the next head of the court should be chosen by the president.

Mr. Medvedev said the killer is on an international wanted list. He did not name the suspect.

The liberal, westward-looking part of the Russian elite wants to see Mr Medvedev as a beacon of the post-Putin thaw.

Mr Medvedev said the "existing set of reserve currencies had failed to perform their functions" .

Mr Medvedev's article reads like a cry of desperation, an attempt to appeal to Russian progressives over the heads of corrupt bureaucrats.

Just like the US and EU almost unashamedly prefer Medvedev to Putin, the Chinese equally unashamedly seem to prefer Putin to Medvedev.

Mr. Medvedev said the U. S. plan amounted to 'partial nationalization of their financial sector. '

President Medvedev of Russia said the fall of the wall had told the Russian and Germany put their enmity behind them.

So it may have been especially satisfying for Mr Medvedev to force Mr Sechin out of his eyrie at Rosneft.

He said he expected Medvedev to reappoint Aliyev because he "suits both the federal center and the regional elites. "

Mr Medvedev claimed that no Russian threat against Ukraine exists, as if he were unaware of his prime minister's statements.

Intriguingly, there was no mention anywhere of Medvedev, whom few Russians believe to be the country's real leader.

During a meeting at the Kremlin on Monday, President Dmitri Medvedev seemed to realize that this was not just a series of freak accidents.

Mr. Medvedev said the meeting had been "very pleasant for me. "

Indeed, the main reason for making Mr Medvedev president under Mr Putin's supervision was that it would preserve the status quo.

Mr Medvedev's comments appeared to be a warning that he would only tolerate so much genuine opposition.

"Medvedev was a puppet, but now he seems to be doing things that may not please Putin, " says Altai political scientist Yuri Chernyshov.

Let me first express sincere thanks to President Medvedev and the Russian Government for the kind invitation and thoughtful arrangements.

In this context, it is possible for the reform of the co-governance of Putin and Medvedev and the adjustment of economic policies as well.

Mr. Medvedev said the U. S. has nothing to lose by imposing additional sanctions, as it has no ties with Iran, unlike Russia and China.

Mr. Surkov, 47, is often ranked as Russia's third-most-powerful political figure, after Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin and Mr. Medvedev.

She said that the two countries wanted to present a plan to Obama and Medvedev before they meet at the G20 summit in London on 2 April.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said he might not object to swapping jobs with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, AFP reported.

So negotiating a deal between them will not be easy, and may require more statecraft than President Medvedev can muster.

For his part, Mr. Medvedev said the two had developed a "very good personal relationship and a very good personal chemistry, as they say. "

Russian politicians sometimes sound like opposition leaders, and Mr Medvedev makes pledges as if he were a presidential candidate.

Russian President Dmitri Medvedev will be in the United States in the next few days. His visit will focus on economic and trade matters.

Mr Medvedev said the two sides still remained far apart on price, but added that an eventual agreement was in the interest of both parties.

Mr. Medvedev said the two issues were connected, but with restraint and compromise, agreement could be reached on both.

Mr Medvedev is the first Russian leader since the tsars to have come from neither the security services nor the old Communist Party.

In a clear bid to influence next January's presidential election, Mr Medvedev said he was waiting for new leadership in Ukraine.

Objecting to a planned spending spree by Mr Medvedev, Mr Kudrin said that he would not serve in his government.

It may earn Mr Medvedev either a place in history or a footnote in the story of his predecessor, Vladimir Putin.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said the deal was Moscow's contribution to resolving the complicated problems in Afghanistan.

Mr Medvedev said Russia currently supported its fleets with supply ships, something he said was expensive and completely inefficient.

Medvedev also said that the South Kuril Islands, is of strategic significance to Russia, the Russian territory "indivisible" part of it.

BARACK OBAMA had difficulty pronouncing the name of his Russian counterpart, Dmitry Medvedev, but people forgave him.

Visiting the Kurils is the latest in a series of moves by Mr Medvedev in a month, indicating that he is trying to toughen up his image.

He was elected president of Russia in 2000, and he invited Mr. Medvedev to work for him in Moscow.

But Lavrov, who was accompanying President Dmitry Medvedev on a visit to Uzbekistan, said the deal was still on.

Medvedev was and is Putin's puppet. He warmed the chair and he was told to leave.

Whereas when my term expired I supported Dmitry Medvedev because I thought he was the best person to be leader, and I was right.

Medvedev recalled working as a labourer and a snow sweeper while studying for a law PhD at Leningrad State University.

U. S. officials have said Obama asked Medvedev to maintain contact with Gaddafi, but did not mention specific cease-fire agreement.

Medvedev's chief economic aide, Arkady Dvorkovich, tweeted: "Applause to Steve Jobs for everything that he did in his not so long life. "

The North Korean leader's proposal echoes the offer he made Wednesday to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.

By the same token, Mr Obama said he trusted Mr Medvedev and found him "straightforward and professional" .

But he did seem jollier than usual, and was clearly in a good mood when he met with Medvedev that afternoon.

In presenting himself to the public, Medvedev often acts more like a bureaucrat managing a meeting than a politician running for election.

West noted that Medvedev terrorist incident took place in the eve Economic Forum in Davos, he was forced to postponed the trip.

President Medvedev said the Russian government would ensure liquidity on the domestic market.

In April Dmitry Medvedev, Russia's president, said Kyrgyzstan might be a "second Afghanistan" .

Russian commentators said Mr Medvedev may have been under pressure to display patriotic credentials after months of cozying up to the US.

Medvedev said: "The two countries in an atmosphere of calm is very important dialogue. "

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev danced a few less-than-flattering moves in a video clip that has become a YouTube smash.

Medvedev says Ukrainians did not respond when asked directly why they do not want to honor the contract.

Did this mean that Medvedev would usher in a new, more friendly, era in London-Moscow relations?

As Mr Medvedev himself has put it, "a need for change has become particularly obvious in the past few months. "

Mr Medvedev has firmly embraced, at least verbally, the modernising political and economic agenda that Russia sorely needs.

All the attention had to be flattering, and perhaps a little confusing, for Russian President Dmitri Medvedev.

In his State of the Nation address, Mr Medvedev said modernization was a matter of survival.

Medvedev said the classified cables published on the WikiLeaks site just served to show the cynicism of U. S. foreign policy.

Bizarrely, Medvedev endorsed the move during Wednesday's press conference, saying it was "nothing out of the ordinary. "

At a meeting with economic aides Tuesday, Mr. Medvedev said the government needs to work more to stimulate investment .

While making a strong pitch for another term, Mr Medvedev repeated that the two men would decide together who would stand.

The children presented Medvedev with some Chinese calligraphy works and embroidery as gifts.

Yet it prefers to deal with him than with Mr Putin, and it would prefer Mr Medvedev to remain as president next year.

It is reported that Kim will take a day in Ulan-Ude, the Dmitry Medvedev met the next day.

It appeared to take advantage of loopholes in the Medvedev-Sarkozy peace plan to prolong its presence in Georgia.

Then, last week, Mr Medvedev ordered ministers to leave the boards of state-controlled companies.

Medvedev said today that Russia's security council was drawing up a new national security strategy for the period up to 2020.

Medvedev and Komorowski at the meeting expressed a desire to improve bilateral relations.

He insisted that he and President Dmitry Medvedev would abide by the constitution, which permits only two consecutive terms at a time.

Medvedev took photos with the children and gave them goodbye hugs when the half an hour meeting concluded.

Dmitry Medvedev, the Russian president, welcomed the fuel swap agreement, but said it would not prevent Iran enriching uranium.

The Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who attended the funeral, said later that tragedies like the plane crash often drew people together.

A statement from Mr Medvedev Friday said the revelations on the second site "seriously concern" the Kremlin.

The West be would be wise at least to consider Medvedev's comments at face value.

President Dmitry Medvedev said he has ordered an investigation into the allegations.

President Medvedev has said he is expecting some specific proposals from the Obama administration.

Mr Medvedev is now struggling to make his mark as the next presidential election approaches in 2012.

Medvedev has not been the only person in Russia to link the ongoing heat wave to climate change.

Although Mr Medvedev's article was dismissed by critics as a mere simulation of action, it inspired lively debate among the elite.

Officials say that Medvedev, undeterred by the initial failure of his agenda , is trying again .

There certainly should be a honeymoon in the early stages because Medvedev has been very close to Putin.

Medvedev has put forward a few initiatives in foreign policy, including proposals for a new European security treaty.

Dmitry Medvedev, Russia's president, acknowledged the TPP was "an interesting project" .

After shaking hands with Mr. Medvedev, he sat down gingerly, favoring his right side.

President Bush said President Medvedev's signing a cease-fire plan Saturday is an important development and a hopeful step. Mr.

One source of stability may be that Mr Putin is now poised to play a strong role in a Medvedev administration.

Early Medvedev that "landing operation" Zeng much up and down the wrath of the Japanese.

A 'mutual exchange of information' among the countries would help protect local currencies, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Tuesday.

Nothing in Mr Medvedev's behaviour so far suggests that he will fulfil the liberals' hope of a more open system.

Medvedev may prove to be what he was programmed to be, a double of Putin who will continue to pull the strings.

Within an hour of the attack Dmitry Medvedev, Russia's president, tweeted that "the criminals must be found and punished" .

US diplomats cabled back to Washington the widely held view that Medvedev was the "junior partner" , or Putin's "capable assistant" .

Mr Medvedev , speaking with his master's voice , now repudiates the laws and institutions of that order .

Germany's Angela Merkel, who criticised Russia's parliamentary election, telephoned to say she could work well with Mr Medvedev.

But ahead of the poll, critics say that, far from improving under Medvedev, Russia's democracy has slid backwards.

President Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday that those responsible for the attack at the crowded Domodedovo airport "must be liquidated. "

The reason: President Dmitri Medvedev had chosen the journalism department as a venue for a public forum on the topic of nationalism.

President Dmitri Medvedev's speech in Evian, France, last week has been portrayed as a broadside against the United States.

Unsurprisingly for a man who also chairs Gazprom, the state gas monopoly, Mr Medvedev backs state control of energy resources.

Speaking earlier, President-elect Dmitri Medvedev said United Russia leaders invited him to join the party.

A few hours after Mr Putin's comments, Dmitry Medvedev, Russia's president, hastily gathered journalists at his wooded country residence.

Medvedev asked as he walked in the crowd with a smile on his face.

But it's good publicity for Russia, and for Putin and Medvedev, it may be good news for domestic consumption.

Russia's president, Dmitry Medvedev, announced a rearmament plan, promising to spend $140 billion on weapons during the next three years.

Indeed, NEWSWEEK has learned that Medvedev's first comment on the crisis was prepared by the office of Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin.

Mr Medvedev may try to overcompensate for his lack of a security background.

Campaigners against the new road were celebrating on Thursday night, believing that Mr Medvedev's intervention amounted to a solid victory.

Russian President Dmitri Medvedev has called on Iran to act responsibly to help end an international dispute over its nuclear program.

One of Mr Medvedev's first acts as president was to nominate Mr Putin for the premier's job.

Mr. Medvedev, meanwhile, has also openly distanced himself from his predecessor.

It APPEARS that Barack Obama's careful cultivation of a working relationship friendship with Medvedev is starting to yield positive results.

Medvedev said he hears those who talk about the need for change and understands them.

Steven Dashevsky, chief economist at Aton Capital, a Moscow brokerage, said a Medvedev presidency would be "a major positive development" .

On November 12 Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said the armed forces would get new missiles and nuclear submarines from 2010.

Mr. Medvedev rose to chief of staff and was also made chairman of the state gas monopoly, Gazprom.

After weeks of speculation, Yuri Luzhkov, the long-serving mayor of Moscow, was sacked by President Dmitry Medvedev.

Recently, Medvedev said in Moscow, the strategic significance of the South Kuril Islands, is an inalienable part of Russia.

He said some media outlets had refused to publish the strip because it refers to Medvedev as a " gnome " .

Mr. Medvedev expressed willingness to help fight the proliferation of nuclear weapons in places like Iran and North Korea.

The big loser is Medvedev, the hapless president, who may be turfed out of the presidency when his term expires in 2012.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has made a rare visit to the West Bank, where he reaffirmed Moscow's recognition of a Palestinian state.

The Rusian president Dmitry Medvedev said he was outraged for the murder.

Indeed, Putin has since endorsed Medvedev's state-of-the-nation speech, which emphasized the need for economic modernization.

Gleb Pavlovsky, who helped Putin get elected in 2000 and who was an advisor to Medvedev until he was fired in May, had another question.

Mr. Medvedev spoke in favor of discussion of a new world order less dependent on the U. S. Mr.

Germany says Russia's president-elect, Dmitry Medvedev, should get time to settle in without being forced into a spat with NATO.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas welcomed Medvedev to Jericho, where the two signed a number of cooperation agreements.

U. S. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said Monday she "strongly disagreed" with Mr. Medvedev, saying the U.

President Dmitry Medvedev has distanced himself from Putin with a rare rebuke, calling the comments "unacceptable. "

The two men were part of a delegation that traveled to Russia last week and met with Russian President Dmitri Medvedev.

President Medvedev also agreed to allow the United States to ship weapons and ammunition across Russian territory on route to Afghanistan.

The Obama administration is on "reset" with Russia. President Medvedev had just left the U. S. Is there a discordant note here?

After all, Mr Putin's choice of Mr Medvedev as president in 2008 was dictated precisely by his lack of competitive edge.

SCO support for territorial integrity follows a personal appeal by Russian President Dmitri Medvedev to his fellow heads of state.

The attack occurred just before President Medvedev was to fly to Davos, Switzerland to give the keynote speech at the World Economic Forum.

Mr. Putin reaffirmed that he will decide jointly with President Dmitry Medvedev who will run for the top job in the next elections.

And president Medvedev of Russia, for example, pronounced in 2008 this was the beginning of the end of United States power.

Maybe Mr Putin will slowly fade out, building up Mr Medvedev as a strong successor.

Medvedev recognised that there could be "different attitudes" toward the Soviet Union.

Mr Medvedev has failed to transform Russia but he has acted as a cushion between the west and the Russian elite.

In Tokyo, key figures will join with the President and PM Yukio Hatoyama including President Medvedev, Chancellor Merkel, and others.

Even in the unlikely event that Medvedev continues as president, his role in Russia's democratization appears to be limited in extremis.

While President Medvedev talks of democratic modernisation, Russia appears to be moving in the opposite direction.

The foregone conclusion of a Medvedev victory is now all but official.

Others see Medvedev, as prime minister, shouldering the blame for the next wave of economic crisis.

The first step should be to build on some of President Dmitry Medvedev's proposals for a new European security architecture.

All that remains is for them to put crosses next to Mr Medvedev's name on March 2.

U. S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitri Medvedev have approved a framework for a major new arms-control agreement.

His Russian counterpart, Mr. Medvedev, hailed the signing as a historic event that would launch a new chapter of bilateral cooperation.

Now, not just Zelenin, but dozens of top officials right up to President Medvedev himself have Twitter feeds.

Medvedev has no resources and no team to lead; 85 percent of all key posts are held by Putin's people.

Analysts say President Medvedev's idea of creating a Russian Silicon Valley is tied to his broader plan to modernize the country's economy.

After visiting Silicon Valley, President Medvedev comes to Washington for a brief summit with President Barack Obama.

Mr. Medvedev noted Russia is the only member of the G20 that does not belong to the WTO.

Nor is there any sign of the promised falling-out between a hardline Mr Putin and a liberal Mr Medvedev.

But most commentators said it was difficult to take the announcements seriously as Mr Medvedev was a lame duck.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said it would thoroughly investigate the wreck several reasons, punish the perpetrators.

But he was always the more powerful figure, with Medvedev viewed as a caretaker president.

They made a gentlemen agreement that Medvedev will only be president for one year allowing Putin to run again.

Medvedev said Russia had achieved its aim in the region and the security of Russian peacekeepers and civilians had been restored.

Medvedev also the same with French President Sake Qi, and his height to 1. 65 meters, shorter than his wife also had about 10 cm.

And I'm working with President Medvedev to reduce America and Russia's nuclear stockpiles (armament).

Because 'Medvedev did not veto UNSC resolution 1973. '

Led by Arkady Dvorkovich, Kremlin adviser, the Medvedev team thinks that hard choices cannot continue to be put off.

Medvedev is expected to win next Sunday's presidential election in Russia, and follow Vladimir Putin as the leader of the country.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has ordered an investigation into the cause of the crash.

Mr. Medvedev says those problems are persistent poverty, a very high unemployment level, and massive, even fantastic levels of corruption.

Progress on political loosening is therefore likely to be slow, whether Mr Putin or Mr Medvedev takes the presidency next in 2012.

But Russian media reported yesterday that Mr Medvedev would not make his first annual address to the people until the autumn.

Investors in Russia should be worried about the sacking of Alexei Kudrin, the finance minister, by a humiliated president Dmitry Medvedev.

Dmitry Medvedev, a 42-year-old lawyer chosen by Mr Putin to be Russia's next president, was always a front-runner.

The danger, Mr Illarionov says, is that Mr Medvedev may try to overcompensate for his lack of a security background.

The growing complexity of the Russian economy has generated the need for predictable legal procedures, as already foreshadowed by Medvedev.

(Medvedev's) declaration that 'the choice is yours' sounds like soothing words to a terminally ill patient.

The Kremlin leader asks why should Medvedev participate in debates and discuss problems that will be clearly formulated in a populist key.

If Mr Medvedev has liberal instincts, the best way to show them would be to run a free and fair presidential election.

But Mr Medvedev at the Kremlin was much more nuanced and may have prevented Russia vetoing the UN resolution that allowed intervention.

A: China welcomes the Joint Understanding for the START Follow-on Treaty signed by the US President Obama and Russian President Medvedev.

This weekend, barring a miracle, Dmitry Medvedev, Vladimir Putin's handpicked successor, will win the Russian presidency by a landslide.

But for Mr Medvedev, positioning himself for re-election means having a stable of accomplishments to his name.

Medvedev said he couldn't predict how events would unfold in North Korea.

"We actually discussed this variant of events while we were first forming our comradely alliance, " proclaimed Mr Medvedev.

No wonder Mr Medvedev now calls the downturn "a sort of endurance test" .

Most correspondents stopped reporting Medvedev's speeches. They had become boring and lacking in credibility.

Dmitry Medvedev, the man Mr Putin picked to be his successor as president, has frequently promised to clean up Russia's legal system.

There was evidence Russian forces were attacking Georgian targets within hours of Medvedev's televised order, if not after.

President Dmitry Medvedev was closely involved in the rescue planning, people close to the talks said.

"In order to stay on this path, it is not enough to elect a new president who shares this ideology, " Mr Medvedev said.

Our efforts by the Russian leadership were widely recognized, including President Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

Mr. Medvedev was in Washington for a day of meetings that focused on trade and economic issues.

When Mr Putin decides to return, Mr Medvedev will hand over the keys and receive a due reward for his service.

Medvedev also said that, I hope this line all want to see the place. Kim replied that the trip is very pleasant, thank warm hospitality.

On his first foreign excursion since becoming Russian president, Dmitry Medvedev has turned east, to Kazakhstan and China, not west.

Thousands of Muscovites, including Mr Medvedev, brought flowers to the Polish embassy.

More likely, Mr Putin will go on ruling the roost at home, perhaps leaving foreign policy to Mr Medvedev.

On Tuesday, President Dmitri Medvedev added to his growing list of statements about the need for legal reform in Russia.

The American and Russian presidents Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev have agreed to reduce their stockpiles of nuclear weapons.

The case is being watched as a test of President Dmitry Medvedev's pledges to strengthen the rule of law and judicial independence.

Next week, when Levada puts out its own political poll, Dubin expects the approval ratings for both Putin and Medvedev to keep dropping.

They will try to exploit any cracks between Mr Putin and Mr Medvedev to steer the country in a more liberal direction.

Mr. Putin said in his speech that he had agreed 'several years ago' with President Dmitry Medvedev on his return to power.

Russia is a "virtual mafia state" run by the security forces, where President Dmitry Medvedev plays "Robin" to Vladimir Putin's "Batman" .

Russia's president Dmitry Medvedev sits in the driver's seat of a new car, examines the inside, the instrument panel and the pedals.

Medvedev says if gas does not flow through the system in cold weather, it could stop altogether because of hydraulic blockages.

Medvedev is not simply allowing a bad situation to continue, Solomonov averred, he's making things worse.

Medvedev recalled that in 1988, Russia, as part of the Soviet Union, was among the first in the world to recognize a Palestinian state.

Russian president Dmitry Medvedev has called the two female suicide bombers "beasts" after at least 38 were killed in Moscow.

"We value the US president's responsible approach towards implementing our agreements, " Mr Medvedev said in a TV address.

In her radio interview, she added Mr. Obama and Mr. Medvedev have "very good personal chemistry" .

Medvedev indicated that recently demonstrated in Georgia's fight, the regional conflict incautiously will promote will be a war.

In our meetings and public statements, President Medvedev of Russia and I agreed that Iran must pursue a new course or face consequences.

I also worked with President Medvedev of Russia to pursue trade that would increase exports and jobs for American manufacturers and farmers.

In June, Medvedev traveled to Silicon Valley to drum up investment for a high-tech center the Kremlin is building outside of Moscow.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev calls alcoholism a "national disaster" undermining public health and hampering the economy.

'Those in charge of preparation for the Olympics must take responsibility right now, ' Mr. Medvedev declared in televised remarks.

Mr. Medvedev said of his visit that "there are many beautiful places in Russia" .

Since last summer, President Dmitry Medvedev has been calling for a "new Euro-Atlantic security architecture" .

Their conversation follows calls Saturday by Mr. Bush to Russian President Dmitri Medvedev and Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili.

Mr Medvedev's assertion of a parallel between Kosovo and South Ossetia is almost entirely bogus.

Now the pressure is mounting on Medvedev to make this part of his core agenda.

President Obama called President Dmitri Medvedev on Thursday to tell him that American firefighting equipment is on the way.

But Mr Medvedev's staff chafe at having their memos ignored by cabinet officials and at being shut out of the higher echelons of power.

Medvedev also said that the South Kuril Islands (Japan seeking the return of four islands) is the territory of the Russian Federation.

The deal, agreed on "in principle" by France, could be formalised during a visit to Paris next month by Russia's president, Dmitry Medvedev.

With Mr Medvedev stagnation may be shorter, but his grip on power would be weaker.

Lavrov said Medvedev after the country will continue to visit the other islands around the island.

When Mr Medvedev visited Singapore last month, he found his ideal model: a thriving economy amid strict control of political debate.

The leaders of Britain and France also have visited India since July, and President Dmitry Medvedev of Russia is due to visit next week.

President Medvedev says there is a need to eliminate Interior Ministry functions that are redundant or not relevant to police work.

Medvedev: Yeah, I understand. I understand your message about space. Space for you.

First, President Obama will consult individually with Russian President Dmitri Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.