Last Putin-Bush summit: more than “kicking the can”
Last Putin-Bush summit: more than “kicking the can” Last Putin-Bush summit: more than “kicking the can” April 7, 2008

Anatoly Utkin, Historian, Director, International Studies Centre, Institute of U.S. and Canadian Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, Advisor, State Duma International Affairs Committee

1944 - Born in Saratov region
1968 - Graduates, Moscow State University
1972 - Receives Masters in history
1982 - Receives Doctorate degree in history
1991 - Visiting professor, bosporus university, istanbul
1993 - Professor, Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris
1997 - Director, International Studies Centre, Institute of U.S. and Canadian Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences
1998 - Visiting professor, Columbia University, U.S.

Presidents Vladimir Putin and George Bush ended their 7-year partnership on the 6th of April at a summit in Sochi on the Black Sea coast. To sum up the state of Russia-U.S. relations, our guest today is Anatoly Utkin - from the Institute of U.S. and Canada Studies.