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| US urges Russian break from past | US urges Russian break from past |
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| President Barack Obama has said Russia must understand that "old Cold War approaches" to relations with the US belong in the past. | President Barack Obama has said Russia must understand that "old Cold War approaches" to relations with the US belong in the past. |
| The president said he would convey this to Vladimir Putin during talks in Moscow next week. | |
| Mr Obama said the former Russian president - now prime minister - "still has sway" in Russia. | Mr Obama said the former Russian president - now prime minister - "still has sway" in Russia. |
| Earlier Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said he was hopeful of finding new ways to co-operate with the US. | Earlier Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said he was hopeful of finding new ways to co-operate with the US. |
| In an interview with the Associated Press news agency, Mr Obama said Mr Putin was someone who he said has "one foot in the old ways of doing business and one foot in the new". | |
| The president said the US was developing a "very good relationship" with Mr Medvedev, who succeeded Mr Putin last year. |