Russian President Dmitry Medvedev"s criticism...
The Russian president went on to say that Iran either ignores the questions addressed to it or makes suggestive statements. Isn"t this enough to silence critics who claim that Russia is indulging Iran"s nuclear ambitions?
The problem is that some of Russia"s partners in the West overestimate how much influence Russia has over Iran. After U.S. President Barack Obama called off plans to deploy elements of the missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic on September 17, 2009, U.S. and other Western media outlets started saying that Russia should persuade Iran to disarm in exchange. One Polish newspaper put it somewhat differently: Moscow, it claimed, promised to "sell out" its "ally in the Middle East". When the U.S. concession on its missile shield wasn"t followed by any significant movement on the Russian side, many in the Western media began to criticize Moscow for its failure to reciprocate.
As it turns out, all these hopes and grievances are unfounded. Iran
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