The American Secretary of States Hillary Clinton is in Moscow
to try to persuade Russia to support American policy on Iran.
The US wants Russia to agree to the option of imposing additional sanctions
on Iran if it does not suspend its uranium enrichment program
by the end of the year.
Richard Galpin reports from Moscow.
As a permanent member of United Nations Security Council,
Russia has the power to veto resolutions.
And Moscow has always said
it does not believe sanctions are an effective way
of promoting change.
But recently, President Medvedev
has indicated his government made ultimately accept
that sanctions are inevitable.
There are other big issues to be discussed
while Mrs. Clinton is in Russia,
including the plan for Moscow and Washington
to sign a new treaty in early December
for a further cut in their large arsenals
of nuclear weapons.