HOW MUCH RUSSIAN FLEXIBILITY?

The State Department said May 2 that Moscow had agreed to review its plans to sell Iran equipment that could be used to develop nuclear weapons, but Russian foreign minister Kozyrev told CNN the same day that Washington had blown this issue “out of proportion,” noting that Russia was just as committed to nuclear non-proliferation as the US and that it had adequate guarantees from Iran.

Russians See US as a “Negative” Influence on Russia.