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| Bush criticises Russia on reform |
| US President George W Bush has criticised Russia for "derailing" its promised democratic reforms
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 5-June-2007
10:23:40 AM |
| Speaking in the Czech Republic, Mr Bush said the US had strong working relations with Russia and China, but there were also "strong disagreements".
Mr Bush is en route to Germany for a G8 summit which threatens to be overshadowed by US-Russia tensions.
Mr Bush earlier said Russia had nothing to fear from a missile defence system, the cause of much of the tension.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has threatened to aim weapons at Europe if the system is developed, in comments seen as reminiscent of Cold War rhetoric.
Dissidents
In a speech in Prague focused on global democracy, Mr Bush said the US friendship with Russia and China was "complex".
He said: "In Russia, reforms that once promised to empower citizens have been derailed, with troubling implications for democratic development."
Mr Bush said that although societies developed "at different speeds", certain democratic values were universal.
Mr Bush also called for the "immediate and unconditional release" of dissidents in such nations as Belarus, Burma, Cuba and Vietnam.
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