Yesterday I blogged that neither Vladislav Surkov nor Michael McFaul are reading from the same script as they were a few years ago.  Here's a good example how, buried in an FT story on the Iran sanctions doublespeak:

This fear seemed to be borne out when the Kommersant newspaper yesterday published an interview with Michael McFaul, the senior director of Russian and Eurasian affairs at the US National Security Council, quoting him as saying Washington would seek a new approach to human rights. "We have come to the conclusion that in this aspect we need to pursue the reset and reject previous approaches which have complicated the Russian-American partnership," Mr McFaul was quoted as saying.

"Mr McFaul gave an indication that the US no longer intends to teach Russia about democracy,

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Michael McFaul, who serves as Sen. Barack Obama's main Russia policy adviser, is quoted by Bloomberg tonight talking about his positions on engagement with Moscow, WTO ascension, and the missile shield issue. "Obviously, in contrast to Senator McCain, we don't believe in trying to isolate Russia,'' the adviser, Michael McFaul, a Russia expert at Stanford University, said in a phone interview today from California. "Those kind of actions we see as counterproductive in dealing with Russia.'' McFaul, who said he was giving his personal view and not the official policy of the Democratic presidential candidate's campaign, said it is in the U.S. interest for Russia to be in the WTO. He also said that a Russian offer to host elements of a planned U.S. missile defense at facilities in Russia and Azerbaijan "should be explored.''