20 ноя 2008 г.
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Nobody's listening as Rice lectures Putin (2)

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Her provocative and personal remarks highlighted the tensions that have grown between Russia and the United States since President Bush made the spread of democracy the cornerstone of American foreign policy.

Speaking in a live interview with Ekho Moskvy radio before meeting Mr Putin, Dr Rice criticized the enormous personal power that he has accumulated since taking office in 2000.

However, Dr Rice's remarks went unnoticed by most people in Russia because the leading national television networks did not report them.

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provocative - intended to make people angry or upset; intended to make people argue about sth

to intend - to have a plan, result or purpose in your mind when you do sth

to highlight - to emphasize sth, especially so that people give it more attention

a tension - a situation in which the fact that there are different needs or interests causes difficulties

a spread - an increase in the amount or number of sth

cornerstone - the most important part of sth that the rest depends on

a network - a group of radio or television stations in different places that are connected and that broadcast the same

programs at the same time

to report - to give people information about sth that one have heard, seen, done

enormous - extremely large

to accumulate - to get more and more of sth over a period of time

an office - an important position, especially in government

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