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...more than a week now, White House officials have promised that Barack Obama would directly address the issues of democracy, human rights and freedom of speech in Russia, where all three values are often in scant supply. What they did not predict was that he would tie those causes so closely to his own life story...
...spoke mainly of the American example - how freedom of speech allows minorities to petition for equal rights, how competitive elections allow citizens to hold their leaders accountable and how a free media expose corporate and government corruption. Then he made the topic personal. (See pictures of Obama in Russia...
...delicate friendship. The focus of their talks will be the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, an epic disarmament agreement that was formed during the Cold War and expires Dec. 5. If the treaty is renewed, Obama gets closer to reaching his goal of having a world without nuclear weapons. Russia is ready to make major reductions to its nuclear stockpile, but only if the U.S. gives up its plans for a missile-defense shield in Eastern Europe. "I am not an optimist about the upcoming talks, but they will be the start of something" says Gleb Pavlovsky, a pro-Kremlin political...
...Russians are hoping that Obama's visit will help improve the country's image in the rest of the world. "We are always portrayed as harsh, with horrible human rights and no democracy," says Abashin. "We have been trying to change this image for 10 years." (Read "U.S. and Russia: The Talk Starts Here...
...what he can do," says Pavlovsky. "I think in either case the Kremlin will give him a chance. It will be like repaying a debt we owe to the United States for their faith in Gorbachev." When it comes to the U.S. President, at least, it seems Russia may have finally gone color-blind...