Russia Giving No Ground on Iran Sanctions

Patrick Goodenough
CNSNews
October 14, 2009

[efoods]Hopes that Russia might be more accommodating following the Obama administration’s missile defense shift appeared premature on Tuesday, when Secretary of State Hillary Clinton found no support at the Kremlin for tightening sanctions against Iran.

A senior U.S. official traveling with Clinton had said before her meetings that she would press Russian leaders on “what specific forms of pressure Russia would be prepared to join us and our other allies in if Iran fails to live up to its obligations” on the nuclear dispute.

But Clinton told a media briefing after talks with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov that no requests had been made.

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