A traditional Russian matreshka nesting doll bearing portraits of US President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is on for sale in Moscow on July 3, 2009. Russia wants to agree with the United States a replacement of a key Cold War-era missile treaty by end of this year or early 2010, Medvedev's top foreign policy aide said. Getty Images logo Getty Images 5 months ago

A traditional Russian matreshka nesting doll bearing portraits of US President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is on for sale in Moscow on July 3, 2009. Russia wants to agree with the United States a replacement of a key Cold War-era missile treaty by end of this year or early 2010, Medvedev's top foreign policy aide said.

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