Compromise, Moscow tells Washington

MOSCOW: On the eve of President Barack Obama's first visit to Moscow, Russia and the United States were still bargaining yesterday on an outline deal to cut Cold War arsenals of nuclear weapons.

Obama arrives today to meet Kremlin chief Dmitry Medvedev at what is being billed as a summit that could "reset" US-Russia relations after they hit a Cold War low under George W. Bush.

But, in comments which underline continuing deep differences between Washington and Moscow, Medvedev said in an interview published yesterday that the United States must compromise on plans to deploy an anti-missile system in Europe.