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Russia Cheated by the West

BBC NEWS
Thursday, 7 June 2007

Theoretically, it

was possible five

or six years ago,

when Russia and

the US were unit-

ed against terror-

ism, but the trust

gradually disap-

peared and Russia

believes that it

has been cheated

by the US. In

Putin's eyes, Rus-

sia has done a

great deal for the

West and Ameri-

ca. Putin removed

the military base

from Vietnam, he Russian President Vladimir Putin with U. S. President George W.
Bush during a visit to the White House in 2005. Relations between
shut down the ra- the two countries have cooled in recent years.
dar station in Cu-

ba, and he did not stand in the way of the US opening bases in Central Asia.

The US believes that Russia had no choice and that it was in Russian inter-
ests anyway but Russia believes that all it got for its efforts was the Orange

Revolution in Ukraine, the dispute with Georgia, NATO expan-

sion and now these anti-missile sites.

Putin's sharp words come down to his deep sense of disappointment in the

US. He feels misused. Putin is fighting for them (China and other coun-
tries) against a system none of them want. Putin reflects the views of all

those who are not US allies.

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