The first push?

The first of the international community to put their tests forward to see what kind of backbone the US will maintain under the next administration?

Medvedev: Russia to Deploy Missiles in Response to U.S. Missile Shield

MOSCOW — Russia will deploy missiles near NATO member Poland in response to U.S. missile defense plans, President Dmitry Medvedev said Wednesday in his first state of the nation speech....

He said he hoped the next U.S. administration would act to improve relations. In a separate telegram, he congratulated Barack Obama on his election victory and said he was hoping for "constructive dialogue" with the incoming U.S. president.

Translation: Medvedev is hoping Obama will have policies closer to Chamberlain than Churchill.