Obama in bid to pin down deal with Russia

US PRESIDENT Barack Obama will visit Russia today in the hope of reaching agreements on military transit and weapons reductions to revive a relationship that last year plunged to a post-Cold War low.

Obama is to hold several hours of meetings with President Dmitry Medvedev but his shorter breakfast encounter with Vladimir Putin tomorrow could yet be chilly after he remarked that the prime minister remained stuck in the past.

Both sides have vowed to press the “reset button” after Russia’s war with Georgia last year capped a series of diplomatic rows. But tensions still remain, most notably on missile defence.