U.S. Congress has passed Barack Obama"s...

The U.S. President intends to start with nuclear arms. Washington and Moscow say their new START treaty is ready for signing. According to American analysts, it will most probably be signed on April 5 in Prague, while Russian sources think it will happen three days later. The actual date will be announced soon.

Russia and the United States still differ on the document"s readiness. Americans say that Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev still need to discuss their differences over the next few days, but that they are not insurmountable.

President Obama"s meeting with Senator John Kerry, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Senator Richard Lugar, its ranking Republican, on March 24 as part of ongoing consultations with Congress on the START treaty is evidence that progress has been made.

Under the American Constitution, all international treaties signed by the president need Senate approval to become effective. Presidents usually try to establish

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