Month: September 2009

PRESIDENT NAPOLITANO: (As translated.) Good morning. President Obama will leave shortly, so this will be a very short press conference. And first of all let me express my deepest appreciation…

THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon. Dobryy den’. (Applause.) It is a great privilege to join all of you today with President Medvedev. From our first meeting at the G20 summit in…

THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Well, good afternoon. Dobryy Den’. I apologize that I think I’m running late and I’m leaving early. (Laughter.) This is a good reason why civil society…

THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon. Dobryy den’. (Applause.) It is a great privilege to join all of you today with President Medvedev. From our first meeting at the G20 summit in…

PRESIDENT OBAMA: (In progress) — not simply tolerate dissenting voices but also to respect and recognize dissenting voices. This is one of the elements, along with an independent media and…

PRESIDENT MEDVEDEV: (As translated.) — (in progress) — by the way, something I have already had the chance to watch on TV, particularly your speech at the New School of…

PRIME MINISTER PUTIN: (As translated) Mr. President, I’m very glad to meet you here. And I’m glad to have this opportunity to be an acquaintance of yours. The history of…

THE PRESIDENT: Thank you so much. Well, congratulations, Oxana. And to the entire Class of 2009, congratulations to you. I don’t know if anybody else will meet their future wife…

PRESIDENT MEDVEDEV: (As translated.) Distinguished ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen of the press, colleagues, we have just completed our negotiations with the U.S. President. The first visit of U.S.…

1. Do you agree with the opinion expressed by many Russian and European politicians that the United States is primarily responsible for the economic difficulties that their countries are now…