Russia Warming to the Idea of a Missile Shield?

The Russians have received a written proposal of the Missile Defense Shield the US wants to install in Poland and the Czech Republic. It seems the Russians are warming up to the idea, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov referred to the US proposal as "interesting". Reuters

Of course the Russians realize the missile shield is designed to repel small scale attacks from countries such as Iran and North Korea. But the Russians, pushing their nationalist agenda, are fishing to get something out of this.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia received written U.S. proposals on Wednesday which Washington hopes will allay Moscow's concerns over plans to deploy elements of a missile shield in Europe, Russian news agencies reported.

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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates promised Russian counterparts at talks in Moscow on Tuesday to offer a set of confidence-building measures aimed at easing Russia's opposition to the project.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who reiterated Russia's criticism of the Missile Shield plan, described the U.S. offer on Tuesday as "pretty serious and interesting" and said Moscow was waiting for it to be presented in writing by Tuesday night.

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