As Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Medvedev jockey for support in the presidential elections in 2012, the deal -- if it gets through all the hurdles -- could come back to haunt Medvedev. It may just fade away as more pressing problems, like Metro suicide bombings, take over the headlines. Or it may be the beginning of closer cooperation between the US and Russia on non-nuclear terrorism if Russia's Chechen wound continues to fester.
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