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	American-Russian Forum in Washington
	16 Мая 2006	рейтинг (1/3)
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A U.S.-Russian forum on cooperation in various spheres, including the oil sector, opens Tuesday to address pressing issues in current bilateral relations, the president of the American University in Moscow told the RIA Novosti news agency. Relations between the two countries have been strained in recent weeks and deteriorated considerably after U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney’s speech in the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius, May 4. He accused the Russian government of “unfairly” restricting citizens’ rights and of using gas and oil supplies as “tools of intimidation and blackmail”. A few days later Russian President Vladimir Putin hit back at what he called U.S. double standards during his state-of-the-nation address. The World Russian Forum 2006 will bring together prominent Russian and American political experts, businessmen and public figures in the American capital for three days under the slogan “Towards Economic, Political and Military Alliance,” said Edward Lozansky, who has organized the forum since the early 1980s. Congressman Curt Weldon will deliver a keynote address to open a political discussion on the future of U.S.-Russian relations. On May 18, participants will hold a series of panel discussions on cooperation in the sphere of culture, education and sciences.
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