"It's hard to say anything is 100 percent sure today, but that's our proposal for now," said Vladimir Alexandrov, a spokesman for President Boris Yeltsin.
"They were delayed because of a discussion of whether or not it is worthwhile to conduct such exercises," he continued. "Now we have decided that such joint Russian-American activity is necessary, in part, because of the struggle against international terrorism."
The exercises, supposed to be one in a series of expanded U.S-Russian bilateral activities, ignited a storm of nationalist protest after they were announced earlier this year. Some hardliners saw them as a sign of U.S. hegemony over Russia.
Yeltsin then agreed to delay the maneuvers which were in any case limited to just 250 soldiers from each country. A group of leading senators visiting Moscow in late May proposed that the U.S. host the exercises to overcome the controversy, but Yeltsin did not approve the idea.
A spokesman for the U.S army in Europe said he could not confirm the exact dates, but said that a team of U.S. experts is expected to arrive in Russia next week to work on logistics.
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