The new US administration has already made more than one approach towards Russia. There is information about the abandonment of plans to deploy a missile defense system in Europe and about mutual reductions in nuclear weapons. So on March 3, information appeared about a secret letter that US President Barack Obama wrote to his Russian colleague Dmitry Medvedev. Obama again promises to abandon missile defense in Europe, but on the condition that Russia stops the development of Iran's nuclear program. Medvedev did not write a letter in response, but responded. And he immediately made it clear that he did not agree to such conditions. “No one is conditioning these issues on any exchanges, especially on Iranian issues. We are already working in absolute contact with our American colleagues on the issues of Iran’s nuclear program,” the Russian president said. “Issues in the field of missile defense raise great doubts,” he continued and proposed that together we “create an effective shield.” Medvedev would be more satisfied not with exchanges, but with “a new full-fledged global design” of security, “which would suit all Europeans and, naturally, would suit the United States of America, which would be acceptable to our country.” However, he praised the United States for being “ready to discuss this problem.” "Already good. Because a few months ago, some time ago, we received other signals,” Medvedev said.