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| Bush criticises Russia on reform | Bush criticises Russia on reform |
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| US President George W Bush has criticised Russia for "derailing" its promised democratic reforms. | US President George W Bush has criticised Russia for "derailing" its promised democratic reforms. |
| Speaking in the Czech Republic, Mr Bush said the US had strong working relations with Russia and China, but there were also "strong disagreements". | 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. | 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. |
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| 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. |