Kremlin disputes Rice's claim on US nuclear inspections

[emad]

Nick Paton Walsh
Thursday April 21, 2005
The Guardian

Condoleezza Rice's first trip to Moscow as US secretary of state ended amid disagreement last night when the Kremlin contradicted her claim that Russia was considering letting American inspectors check its nuclear sites.

The visit, which had been intended to smooth the way for a meeting between presidents George Bush and Vladimir Putin next month, lasted less than 24 hours. Yet it exposed their differences on issues ranging from arms control to press freedom.

Ms Rice told the Ekho Moskvy radio station that she had "achieved an improvement of our access to " during a dinner on Tuesday night with the Russian defence minister, Sergei Ivanov, who is a confidant of Mr Putin.

Washington fears that Russia's ageing nuclear stockpiles may fall into terrorists' hands, and wants its experts to inspect the security of storage sites.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/russia/article/0,2763,1464605,00.html

[Demeter]

1. Why don't they throw her into a gulag?

Nobody here would notice...or care!

[Kagemusha]

2. Gee what a surprise...

Kremlinologist strikes out again.

[dweller]

3. what would they know?

she's got a degree in Moscowtology or sumpthin, right?

dp

[Ironpost]

4. So now the Russians are the last to know What they are going to do

This bush cartel never seems to amaze me.

[leveymg]

5. Condi, what did you expect: the lock combinations and the guard

schedules?

Geez. Girl genius.

:bounce:

[pie]

6. Does Condi ever say anything that is not at least a little bizare?

Why is she so damn freaky?