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The Candidates on U.S. Policy toward Russia
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Christopher Dodd
Sen. Dodd (D-CT) says the United States should engage Russia diplomatically and call on Russia to "support freedom and democracy" at home and "to eliminate the conditions that export terrorism and allow our enemies to thrive."
In 2000, Dodd traveled to Russia to participate in talks on national security issues, including missile defense and nuclear treaties.
In a 2004 interview with PBS' Online NewsHour, Dodd urged cooperation between Russian and U.S. intelligence agencies to fight terrorism toward the United States and by Chechen militants toward Russia. He said the United States has not taken effective action to facilitate a relationship with Russia on Chechnya and "in connection with the other issues we face in the Middle East and elsewhere."
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John Edwards
Edwards co-chaired the Council on Foreign Relations' Russia Task Force in 2006, which urged U.S. cooperation with Russia, but said the United States must pressure Russia to maintain democracy. The report from the Task Force recommended Russian accession into the World Trade Organization, which, it said, would "promote further liberalization of the Russian economy and should signify full Russian acceptance of a rules-based international trading system." Edwards has been critical of Putin for his anti-democratic tendencies, but says Russia should remain a member of the G-8. In an April 2007 Democratic debate, Edwards expressed concern about Russia's political direction. "They've moved from being a democracy under Yeltsin to being a complete autocracy under Putin," he said.
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Mike Gravel
Gravel campaign spokesman Shawn Colvin has said the United States must "increase diplomatic communication" with Russia. In an interview with Pravda, Colvin said Gravel would not create a missile defense shield in Europe if he is elected president. He also said Gravel would move the United States "toward nuclear de-escalation in an effort to encourage Russia to do the same."
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