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Top Russian MP points to splits in US administration
over Chechnya
Itar-Tass
Moscow, 20 January: Russia's parliamentary delegation goes to Strasbourg with the intention to hold a constructive and open dialogue, the head of the delegation told ITAR-TASS on Saturday [19 January].
Dmitriy Rogozin, chairman of the International Affairs Committee at the State Duma lower house of parliament, heads the delegation that will on Sunday [20 January] go to Strasbourg for a session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), opening on Monday [21 January]...
He said he was aware of "certain surprises of the future session, including participation in it of (former Chechen leader) Aslan Maskhadov's envoy".
Focusing on renewed criticism in the USA of the Russian leadership's actions in Chechnya, Rogozin stressed that "it is a reaction to that positiveness that has developed in relations between the Russian and US presidents".
He believes American political circles clash rather fiercely "on each issue, especially on relations with Russia, as well as concerning the future mechanisms of cooperation between the USA and Russia, and NATO and Russia".
He believes that this happens because "two political wings exist in the US administration". "One of them is more pragmatic, aimed at the future, and its representative is [Secretary of State] Colin Powell, while the other, more conservative, is concentrated around [Defence Secretary] Donald Rumsfeld," Rogozin said.
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