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Russia Gives ’Mixed Signals’ on Democracy — Bush Russia is giving “mixed signals” on its commitment to democracy, U.S. President George Bush has said. In an interview with the German newspaper BILD quoted by Reuters, he said “Russia is a country that has made some signals that are mixed signals.” However, Bush noted that Russia was no longer a U.S. enemy like the Soviet Union. He described his relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin as “warm” and said both leaders could speak frankly. But those mixed signals “cause us to question their commitment to whether or not they intend to become a true democracy, where there’s a freedom of the press, or freedom of religion, all the different freedoms that are inherent in democracy,” Bush said. This interview came soon after Russia was sharply criticized by the U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney. Bush added that the two countries had common interests in dealing with nuclear proliferation and fighting terrorism. “And we’ve now got a new, important issue to work together on, as well as working together with Germany and others, and that’s Iran,” he said. ---------------------------------------------------
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