MOSCOW. (Nikita Petrov, for RIA Novosti)...

Some military analysts link this decision with the changes in the new U.S. administration's attitude to the plans to deploy anti-ballistic missile systems in Eastern Europe. Barack Obama said during his election campaign that the efficiency of the system should be scrutinized. When he was elected president, he said he might put off the ABM plans for Europe or bury the idea, especially if Russia would help convince Iran to suspend its nuclear weapons program.

However, all is not as simple as it seems. Nearly half of Czechs protested against the ratification of the ABM agreement with the U.S. Now that a coalition of opposition parties has been formed in the Czech parliament, the Topolanek government is not prepared to risk the agreements with Washington.

However, postponing ratification does not mean cancelling it.

The situation can be seriously influenced by the upcoming talks between the U.S. and Russian presidents during the G20 summit in London in early

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