From: Putin in Berlin with offer of help to U.S. - Tuesday September 25, 6:54 PM
A Kremlin adviser told Reuters Putin in turn was also looking for more support for Russian policy towards separatist Chechnya, site of two brutal wars over the past decade.
Putin has justified his war against Chechnya as a struggle against Muslim "terrorists", and said he has long warned Washington about the dangers posed by bin Laden.
Russia's Mayak radio quoted Kremlin officials as saying Putin would use his speech in the Bundestag to outline his plan for introducing a new system of international security.
Officially, Putin has said he is not seeking Western acquiescence towards Moscow's policy in Chechnya or a softening in the U.S. stance on ballistic missile defence in exchange for support against Afghanistan.
"We do not want to, and will not, get involved in any horse-trading," he said in an interview last week. "For us, the issue of uniting forces in the fight against terrorism is a separate theme of our cooperation."
Chechens see their end without the Western support they counted on.
There are no multiculturalists in a foxhole.