In terms of its geography, history, culture, mentality, Russia is a European country, of course we are counting on and will seek to expand our cooperation with the EU. This aspiration is fully appreciated and supported by all the leading EU countries and the leadership of the European Commission.
Some Turks dream of new relationships with Iran, Syria or Russia but these countries have a history of backing Turkey's internal trouble-makers, from Kurdish separatists to Islamists.
Yes, Russia does have a long history of state supervision of speech approriateness.
No Arctic country not even Russia, which has a poor history of conservation could contemplate wreaking such environmental havoc unilaterally.
Russia maintains a large conscript army with a long history of personnel problems that include bullying, ethnic tensions and malnutrition, as well as death and injury during training exercises.
The United States and Russia have a history already, a decade-long history, of locking down loose nuclear materials.
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And Russia is merely one border--and a lot of overlapping, dark history--away from Ukraine.
And as Dmitry said, the United States and Russia, because of our history and because we are nuclear superpowers, have a special obligation.
But Novgorod's place in Russian history, and Russia's search for a post-communist identity, do give the notion of a Novgorod model a special potency.
He says he expects to come to a settlement quite easily, and that one of BP's strengths is its long history of involvement with Russia, which contributes about 10% of BP's profits.
Last Monday, representatives of what is, arguably, the most anti-nuclear American administration in history agreed to a joint statement with Russia, China, Britain and France to ban the bomb.
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