TODAY: Medvedev tentative regarding US nuclear deal; Russia to boycott forthcoming NATO meeting?; early voting takes place in Sochi; ombudsman says human rights situation in Russia is static

President Medvedev has expressed caution regarding Obama’s plans for nuclear disarmament, saying that ‘more conditions’ need to be agreed upon.  According to Ria Novosti, the President says the replacement START treaty should also include delivery systems.  Medvedev has also reiterated concerns about ‘unilateral efforts’ to establish missile defense in Europe, says the Washington Post.  Dmitry Rogozin has threatened that Russia may boycott next month’s NATO meeting if the latter’s exercises in Georgia go ahead.  An op-ed piece in the Moscow Times analyzes the ‘obvious discrepancy‘ between the NATO war games and ‘Russia’s heated overreaction’.