Konstantin Kosachyov, the head of the State Duma international affairs committee, told journalists that he thought Obama would be less set in his ideas and more likely to reach agreement with Russia than his Republican rival, John McCain.
"I, as a Russian politician, certainly link Barack Obama with hopes for an improvement in Russian-American relations," he said.
"Barack Obama does not have the same inertia of thought as McCain. Obama is more likely to reach agreements," Konstantin Kosachyov, the head of the State Duma international affairs committee, told journalists.
Kosachyov also said he hoped that Obama, if elected, would soften U.S. policy on the issues of Georgia and Ukraine joining NATO and on the deployment of a missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic.
However, he warned against trying to guess how exactly bilateral relations could change should Obama win Tuesday's election.
Polls put the Illinois senator ahead of his Republican rival, although the McCain campaign says its internal polling shows a much closer race.
