WASHINGTON, D.C. — Vice President Joe Biden will be traveling to Finland, Russia and Moldova this week. In Russia, he will meet with President Dmitry Medvedev on Wednesday, and with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin the day after. On Friday March 11, Vice President Biden departs for Moldova’s capital Chisinau, where he will meet Moldovan Prime Minister Vladimir Filat and Acting President Marian Lupu.
Dr. Samuel Charap, Associate Director for Russia and Eurasia at the Center for American Progress, is available for interviews to discuss regional security issues and U.S. relations with the three countries that Vice President Joe Biden will visit. To speak with Samuel Charap, please contact Christina DiPasquale at 202-481-8181 or [email protected].
Please click here for a link to an op-ed by Dr. Charap in today’s International Herald Tribune on these issues: The Myth of Yalta II.
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