The new Russian-U.S. arms reduction pact...

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and U.S. President Barack Obama will sign the pact on Thursday in Prague to replace the START 1 treaty, which expired on December 5. The new treaty is broadly viewed as an important part of efforts by Medvedev and Obama to "reset" thorny relations between the two countries.

"Indeed, we would like the ratification [of the new pact] to be synchronized. But we should also take into account the traditional difference in the political calendars of Russian and U.S. lawmakers. So there may not be a complete synchronization," Kommersant quoted Medvedev"s chief foreign policy aide Sergei Prikhodko as saying.

Kommersant said since Medvedev has personally taken part in drafting the long-awaited treaty, the ratification in the Russian parliament controlled by the pro-Kremlin party, does not give any reasons for concern.

But the U.S. Senate is likely to create several impediments for the ratification, Russian experts said. A total of 67 votes

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