"And so this visit is really to try and get international and European and British interest in the opportunities in South Africa."

VOA: standard.2010.03.03

So this,he says,is an effort to try to get rid of it.

VOA: standard.2010.04.12

"The Kremlin are very aware of the risk that this might theoretically evolve as something bigger so they try to pre-empt, try to prevent, such kind of undesired evolution before it begins to happen."

VOA: standard.2010.05.19