President Bush's Agenda for the G-8 Meeting in St Petersburg

Publication Date: May 2006

Publisher: Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)

Author(s): Ariel Cohen

Research Area: Government

Keywords: Russia and Eurasia

Type: Report

Coverage: Russia (Federation)

Abstract:

The G-8 meeting on July 15 and the Bush-Putin summit in St. Petersburg, Russia, may mark the most serious tests of U.S.-Russian and East-West relations since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Mutually amassed grievances have led some in Washington to question whether President George W. Bush should attend and whether Russia should remain in the G-8.