Medvedev's speech

Posted By Joshua Keating Wednesday, September 23, 2009 - 4:29 PM Share

The Russian president just heartily seconded Obama's line, "Democracy cannot be imposed on any nation from the outside," though he pulled it a bit out of context.

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Medvedev describes U.S. missile defense reveral as a "constructive step in the right direction."

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Medvedev says Gerogia's "reckless attempt" to retake South Ossetia shows the need for "effective mechanisms to implement the principle of indivisibility of security."

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Decrying Holocaust denial, Medvedev denounced "attempts to revise the results of the World War II." Right, only Vladimir Putin is allowed to do that.

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JGARZIK

5:51 PM ET

September 23, 2009

typos

"reveral" should be "reversal"

"Gerogia's" should be "Georgia's"

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