It is not clear how far the Russians will go in trying to persuade the U.S. To discuss such an arrangement. They, like the Chinese, adopted a weak and pusillanimously pro-U.S. Stance at the IAEA. Unlike in September, when they abstained on a motion holding Iran 'non-compliant' with its obligations to the IAEA and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, on Feb. 4, they voted for a Western-sponsored anti-Iran resolution.
Achin Vanaik