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The Kremlin’s most recent response to U.S. and NATO missile defense plans in Europe crosses any and all lines associated with both statecraft and logic. Still, some view comments made by Russian Chief of General Staff Nikolai Makarov as simply more of the same. Speaking at an international missile defense conference organized by the Ministry of Defense in Moscow last week, Makarov said that his country would consider “pre-emptive use of force” against NATO’s future missile defense installations. (more)

Outgoing Russian President Dmitri Medvedev slammed Mitt Romney on Tuesday in a move that gave the former Massachusetts Governor a second opportunity to suggest President Barack Obama is colluding with a foreign antagonist. (more)

Wouldn’t you like to have been in the White House Situation Room when the president decided to take out Osama bin Laden? Thrilling, right? You’d have been part of history and have stories to tell your grandchildren. Well, you can’t. Not even if you donate a million dollars to the Obama re-election campaign. Sorry, Bill Maher, you’ll have to wait for the movie. It’s top secret. (more)

President Barack Obama is defending his hot-mic promise of post-election “flexibility” with Russia’s leaders as just another version of his public statements, and is blaming the media for slowing down a deal with Russia. (more)

Reacting to President Barack Obama telling outgoing Russian President Dmitry Medvedev that he will have more “more flexibility” after the 2012 election, South Carolina Republican Rep. Joe Wilson told The Daily Caller that the president’s comments are “sadly” true. (more)

President Dmitry Medvedev ordered an investigation Sunday into allegations of fraud in Russia’s parliamentary election, one day after tens of thousands of protesters demanded it be annulled and rerun. (more)

HONOLULU (AP) — President Barack Obama heads into a day of heavy diplomacy in his native Hawaii with some of the United States’ most important and complicated allies, the start of a nine-day tour of the crucial and growing Asia-Pacific region. (more)

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has signed a bill that officially classifies beer as alcoholic. (more)

As the political differences between Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and President Dmitry Medvedev widen into a visible public rift, and each continues to insist on the wish to run for president in polls next year, some Russians are mulling a prospect that sounded like a fantasy just a few weeks ago: What if they faced off against each other in an open and fair election? (more)

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin posted this statement on his official website on March 21: (more)

A Kremlin source called Muammar Gaddafi a “living political corpse” and said on Tuesday the Libyan leader should step down. (more)

Russia under prime minister Vladimir Putin is a sham democracy, Mikhail Gorbachev has said in his harshest criticism yet of the ruling regime. (more)

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Friday signed the ratification of a nuclear arms cut pact with the United States, the centerpiece of President Barack Obama’s efforts to reset ties with Moscow. (more)

DAVOS (Switzerland) – RUSSIA’S President Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday he thought the release of leaked US diplomatic cables by the WikiLeaks website could have a positive effect on international diplomacy. (more)

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s upper house of parliament unanimously ratified the New START nuclear arms pact with the United States on Wednesday, the centerpiece of President Barack Obama’s efforts to “reset” ties with Moscow. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has called Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (dih-MEE’-tree med-VYEH’-dyev) to express his condolences for a suicide bombing at Russia’s busiest airport. (more)

Apparently Russia understands basic economics and self-control better than the Obama administration. (more)

HONOLULU (AP) — President Barack Obama has Hawaiian vacation plans for plenty of private time with his family, walks on the beach, rounds of golf and leisure reading. (more)

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is pulling out the pop culture references as he tries to push ratification of the New START nuclear arms treaty through the Senate. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama lobbied senators by phone Monday to back an arms treaty with Russia that he’s called a national security imperative, as a top Senate Democrat conceded “house by house combat” would be needed to win enough GOP votes to prevail. (more)