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Moscow
31 May 2007
Russian President Vladimir Putin has condemned1 Thursday what he called U.S. "imperialism2" in world affairs. The comments came during an increasingly tense period in U.S.-Russian relations. Bill Gasperini has more for VOA from Moscow.
Vladimir Putin, 31 May 2007
Speaking to reporters in the Russian capital, President Putin said U.S. plans to place missile defense3 systems in Europe were starting a new "arms race."
His remarks coincided with a Russian test of a new, multi-warhead intercontinental missile that the Russian military says is capable of penetrating4 any anti-missile system.
Mr. Putin said the tests of the new missiles were a response to U.S. steps that have upset the strategic balance in the world.
Mr. Putin says "some members of the international community are nursing a desire to dictate5 their will to all and everyone on any issue, without coordinating6 their actions with common norms of international law."
Mr. Putin's statements were some of the strongest yet by the Russian president on the U.S. plans to deploy7 an anti-missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic.
Washington insists the shield will be defensive8 in character, but the Kremlin considers the plan a threat to Russia's security.
In a speech earlier this week, President Putin said the anti-missile plan could turn the European continent into a "powder keg."
Speaking in Germany on Wednesday, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice dismissed the idea that the U.S. missile shield is a threat to Russia.
"And so I would hope that rather than continuing to worry about something that seems to us in fact just not at all possible, which is that, given the size of the Russian nuclear deterrent9, that somehow this system is going to threaten the Russian nuclear deterrent," said Condoleezza Rice. "I would note that President Putin said just yesterday [Tuesday] that Russia's ballistic missiles can overwhelm, penetrate10, destroy any shield that we might build. We quite agree."
The escalation11 in rhetoric12 comes days before President Putin is due to meet President Bush at the annual G-8 summit of leading industrialized nations in Germany. The White House has announced that the two presidents will hold a special summit in the United States in early July.
The missile debate is just one issue in an increasingly tense relationship between the former adversaries13.
The U.S. and Russia disagree over how to deal with Iran's nuclear program and the state of democratic reforms and human rights in Russia.
In remarks Thursday, White House spokesman Tony Snow took a more positive view of the U.S.-Russian relationship and dismissed the possibility that the U.S. missile plan will revive the cold war.
1 condemned | |
adj. 被责难的, 被宣告有罪的 动词condemn的过去式和过去分词 | |
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2 imperialism | |
n.帝国主义,帝国主义政策 | |
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3 defense | |
n.防御,保卫;[pl.]防务工事;辩护,答辩 | |
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4 penetrating | |
adj.(声音)响亮的,尖锐的adj.(气味)刺激的adj.(思想)敏锐的,有洞察力的 | |
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5 dictate | |
v.口授;(使)听写;指令,指示,命令 | |
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6 coordinating | |
v.使协调,使调和( coordinate的现在分词 );协调;协同;成为同等 | |
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7 deploy | |
v.(军)散开成战斗队形,布置,展开 | |
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8 defensive | |
adj.防御的;防卫的;防守的 | |
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9 deterrent | |
n.阻碍物,制止物;adj.威慑的,遏制的 | |
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10 penetrate | |
v.透(渗)入;刺入,刺穿;洞察,了解 | |
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11 escalation | |
n.扩大,增加 | |
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12 rhetoric | |
n.修辞学,浮夸之言语 | |
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13 adversaries | |
n.对手,敌手( adversary的名词复数 ) | |
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