From The New York Times:
MOSCOW — President Dmitri A. Medvedev said Saturday that Russia was prepared to carry out significant reductions in its nuclear arsenal as part of its continuing arms control negotiations with the United States, which are to culminate here in a summit meeting with President Obama next month.
His comments were among the clearest yet by Russia outlining its position on arms control.
But Mr. Medvedev, issuing a warning in advance of the summit meeting, also reiterated Russian objections to an antimissile system proposed by the United States. He indicated that it had to be scrapped for the two countries to make any progress on arms control.
Negotiators for the United States and Russia have met several times already to hammer out a successor to the 1991 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, or Start, which expires Dec. 5.
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My Comment: With the development of missile technologies from Iran and North Korea .... and with Russia's disinterest in assisting the West in stopping and/or limiting these developments .... missile defense technologies are going to continue and this Arms Control Pact is gong to go nowhere. Russia knows this, hence this positioning of themselves before any serious talks are to resume.