October 22, 2009 By Citizen M

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – Oct 22, 2009

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TODAY: Iran willing to contemplate nuclear deal but will Tehran really give it the go-ahead?; arms contract ‘frozen’.  Time running out for state giants; Medvedev loses patience with oligarch corruption complaints.  Biden reassures Poland.  Communists still up in arms on election results.

The Moscow Times reports that Iranian negotiators are willing to contemplate a draft deal that would slow its production of nuclear weaponry by sending most of the material that it would need to Russia for processing . . . If Tehran approves it, that is.  The FT offers a less positive spin on the talks, which it suggests have ended in disarray, with Tehran ‘almost certain to reject a proposal’ of this kind.  Iran’s ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency has reportedly said that whilst agreements may be brokered with the US and France, Russia is the ‘main party’ involved.  Iran has apparently not, as of yet, paid Russia for its controversy-sparking advanced anti-aircraft missiles

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