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Obama's election makes for better US-Russia ties as the candidate does not entertain Cold War ideas, says a top Russian parliamentary figure.
"In contrast to Republican candidate John McCain, Obama is not burdened with the Cold War mentality," ITAR-TASS quoted the head of the international affairs committee in Russia's lower house of parliament as saying. Konstantin Kosachyov then concluded that "I, as a Russian politician, certainly link Barack Obama with hopes for an improvement in Russian-American relations," he said.
He added that, upon victory, the Democratic hopeful's would be more likely to compromise on everything the perennial moot points in bilateral ties like the Russian neighbors' wishes for NATO membership, and Washington's missile projects in Europe.
US authorities have refused to budge on the issues voicing all-out support for Georgia and Ukraine's NATO hopes and plans for partial installation of a US-proposed missile defense shield in Poland and the Czech Republic.
The official expressed confidence that a McCain coup on November 4 would turn over no new leaf in US policy while Obama was a harbinger of "drastic political change".
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There was no telling, however, that Obama would accept the idea of strategic partnership with Russia, Kosachyov noted. |