U.S. Department of Defense

Gates, Rice Visit Russia

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates meets Russian Gen. Vladimir Nikishin at Vnukovo International airport outside Moscow on March 17, 2008. Gates is in Moscow to have meetings with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Russian President Vladimir Putin and President-elect Dmitriiy Medvedev.

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates meets Russian President-elect Dmitriiy Medvedev as U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice looks on at the Kremlin in Moscow, March 17, 2008.

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates meets Russian President Vladimir Putin as U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice looks on at the Kremlin in Moscow, March 17, 2008.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice discuss issues at the Kremlin in Moscow, March 17, 2008.

Russian President Vladimir Putin talks with U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates (front, right) and U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice at the Kremlin in Moscow, March 17, 2008.

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice exchange pleasantries during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow, March 17, 2008.

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates meets Russian Gen. Vladimir Nikishin at Vnukovo International airport outside Moscow on March 17, 2008. Gates is in Moscow to have meetings with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Russian President Vladimir Putin and President-elect Dmitriiy Medvedev.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison