petersburg's museum threatened to overshadow anything -- vladimir pugh 10 and angela merkel's joint visit -- vladimir. -- vladimir putin and angela merkel's joint visit. russia lays a moral claim to the works, saying it paid for the minute peoples -- paid for them and its peoples own blood. the visit by the german chancellor and russian president to the museum was supposed to be the crowning moment of the the year in which the countries have showcased their close ties, but suddenly, the appointment was canceled. sources say the russians wanted to stop merkel from giving a speech referring to the dispute. hours of intense negotiations followed. in the end, they appeared side- by-side to face the media, and both did their best to play down the diplomatic rift. >> i was looking forward to seeing this exhibition, so i would say we have resolved the problem. >> this is a very sensitive issue for both sides. if we want to move forward, we must look for solutions and of void magnifying the problem -- a void magnifying the problem. >> but it's a solution neither putin merkel seem particularly hap

petersburg's museum threatened to overshadow anything -- vladimir pugh 10 and angela merkel's joint visit -- vladimir. -- vladimir putin and angela merkel's joint visit. russia lays a moral claim to the works, saying it paid for the minute peoples -- paid for them and its peoples own blood. the visit by the german chancellor and russian president to the museum was supposed to be the crowning moment of the the year in which the countries have showcased their close ties, but suddenly, the appointment was canceled. sources say the russians wanted to stop merkel from giving a speech referring to the dispute. hours of intense negotiations followed. in the end, they appeared side- by-side to face the media, and both did their best to play down the diplomatic rift. >> i was looking forward to seeing this exhibition, so i would say we have resolved the problem. >> this is a very sensitive issue for both sides. if we want to move forward, we must look for solutions and of void magnifying the problem -- a void magnifying the problem. >> but it's a solution neither putin merkel seem particularly hap

. >> well, prior to obama's speech here in berlin, russian president vladimir pugh to play down expectationsof any radical reductions to its nuclear arsenal, saying that moscow cannot allow the balance of strategic deterrence to the disturbed or the effectiveness of its nuclear force to be decreased. >> obama and pugh to discuss nuclear nonproliferation when they met on the sidelines of the g-eight summit, but the russian leader cast doubts on what was actually agreed. pugh to also noted that other countries including the u.s. were continuing improve their medium-range missiles. lex the headaches do not and therefore obama. afghan president hamid karzai has suspended negotiations with washington on a new security deal. >> karzai is outraged over u.s. plans to hold direct talks with the taliban without the president's delegates from the karzai administration. >> further undermining -- underlining the challenges to the peace process, the taliban launched a fresh attack on u.s. peace forces overnight, killing for you are soldiers. >> the view from the air shows where the taliban launched their

. >> well, prior toba speech here in berlin, russian president vladimir pugh to play down expectationsf any radical reductions to its nuclear arsenal, saying that moscow cannot allow the balance of strategic deterrence to the disturbed or the effectiveness of its nuclear force to be decreased. >> obama and pugh to discuss nuclear nonproliferation when they met on the sidelines of the g-eight summit, but the russian leader cast doubts on what was actually agreed. pugh to also noted that other countries including the u.s. were continuing improve their medium-range missiles. lex the headaches do not and therefore obama. afghan president hamid karzai has suspended negotiations with washington on a new security deal. >> karzai is outraged over u.s. plans to hold direct talks with the taliban without the president's delegates from the karzai administration. >> further undermining -- underlining the challenges launched a fresh attack on u.s. peace forces overnight, killing for you are soldiers. >> the view from the air shows where the taliban launched their audacious attack on the largest and