Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 51 Russia 45 democratic backsliding 45 Bilateral ties 45 mend ties 44 territorial disputes 44 defusing tensions 43 President Vladimir Putin 43 Cold War adversaries 42 Bilateral relations 41 diplomatic spat 41 Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad 41 Putin 40 premier Mahathir Mohamad 40 ambassador Vitaly Churkin 40 prime minister Mahathir Mohamad 40 former Soviet republics 40 ex Soviet 40 Vladimir Putin 39 aggravate tensions 39 protectionist backlash 39 stoking tensions 39 ex Soviet republics 39 Belarus authoritarian 39 Prime Minister Vladimir Putin 39 closest ally 39 Lavrov 39 disputed islands 39 escalating tensions 39 erstwhile Soviet Union 39 belligerent rhetoric 38 President Dmitry Medvedev 38 exacerbating tensions 38 missile shield 38 naval exercises 38 bellicose rhetoric 38 territorial dispute 38 SINGAPORE Crude 38 rapprochement 37 Liang Guanglie 37 Russia OAO Gazprom 37 Medvedev 37 trade frictions 37 Malacca Straits 37 Escalating violence 37 State Condoleezza Rice 37 German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder 37 Sergei Lavrov 37 ease tensions 37 Prikhodko 37 bilateral ties 37 Kazakhstan 37 Uzbekistan Kyrgyzstan 37 South Korea 37 monopoly Gazprom 37 Cold War foes 37 defuse tensions 37 heightened tensions 37 protectionist sentiments 37 frosty relations 37 tensions 37 export monopoly Gazprom 37 former Soviet republic 37 increasingly assertive 37 trilateral 36 easing tensions 36 former Soviet Republics 36 Caspian basin 36 strait 36 predominantly Muslim 36 Iran 36 Gazprom 36 Malaysia 36 gas monopoly Gazprom 36 detente 36 separatist Georgian 36 diplomatic overtures 36 heightening tension 36 arch foe Iran 36 giant Gazprom 35 Losyukov 35 Sechin 35 Bering Strait 35 lone superpower 35 counterpart Sergei Lavrov 35 trilateral cooperation 35 disputed islets 35 Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi 35 nuclear ambitions 35 escalate tensions 35 President George W.Bush 35 missile defense 35 saber rattling 35 nuclear negotiator 35 frictions 35 normalize relations 35 Koreas 35 nonaligned 35 Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan 35 Dmitri Medvedev 35 KIEV Ukraine Ukraine 35 Ukrainian pipelines