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Mad Mammoth wrote: "Nobody should assume anything based upon one press conference in which Presidents Bush & Putin fielded a few questions, said some nice things about each other, and shook hands and smiled..."

Not sure if you've been following the events in Bratislava, Slovakia but the Bush Putin 2005 Summit in Slovakia was a bit more than a press conference:

Text of Bush Putin 2005 Summit in Bratislava, Slovakia

We're on the map! (Slovakia's reaction to President George Bush and Putin Summit)

Freeper in Bratislava

Analysis: Putin humiliated next to Bush

Bush Gets First Warm European Reception in Slovakia

Once Mighty Putin is looking vulnerable

President Bush and Putin News Conference 11:30 a.m. Live Thread

Bush Putin draft anti-nuke plan

Bush arrives for summit with Putin

Friends Bush Putin Exchange Barbs Before Meeting

Putin Parries Bush's Comments on Democracy in Russian

Putin Plans to Stand His Ground at Summit

Bush Putin Differ on State of Russian Democracy

Deciphering Putin: Autocrat? Democrat? The truth is more complex

There are more threads on this important Summit.

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thanks for the ping- and thank you also for compiling the list of threads on this

RC