Arms Reduction Treaty

US President Joe Biden on Wednesday said Russia's decision to suspend a nuclear arms reduction treaty with Washington was a "big mistake".

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken today said Russia's decision to suspend a nuclear arms reduction treaty with Washington was "deeply unfortunate and irresponsible", but that the US was willing to talk about the issue.

President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russia was suspending participation in the New START nuclear arms reduction treaty with the United States, after accusing the West of being directly involved in attempts to strike its strategic air bases.

Russia said Monday it was suspending US on-site inspections under a strategic arms reduction treaty with Washington, pointing to Western sanctions and coronavirus infections.

New US President Joe Biden's administration on Thursday proposed a five-year extension of New START with Russia, the last remaining nuclear reduction treaty between the powers, which expires on February 5.

Russia's lower house of parliament on Friday gave preliminary approval to a U.S.-Russian arms treaty, but decided to delay the final vote until next month.The Kremlin-controlled State Duma voted 350-58 to approve the New START treaty in the first of three required readings. The legislators said they would proceed further after returning from the Ne...

The US Senate ratified an arms control treaty with Russia on Wednesday that reduces the limit for each country's stockpile of nuclear warheads, giving President Barack Obama a major foreign policy win in the last days of this session of Congress.At his year-end news conference, Obama praised the strong bipartisan vote for a treaty he described as t...

United States and Russia arrive at a landmark nuclear arms reduction treaty cutting warheads by about 30 per cent.

US President Joe Biden on Wednesday said Russia's decision to suspend a nuclear arms reduction treaty with Washington was a "big mistake".

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken today said Russia's decision to suspend a nuclear arms reduction treaty with Washington was "deeply unfortunate and irresponsible", but that the US was willing to talk about the issue.

President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russia was suspending participation in the New START nuclear arms reduction treaty with the United States, after accusing the West of being directly involved in attempts to strike its strategic air bases.

Russia said Monday it was suspending US on-site inspections under a strategic arms reduction treaty with Washington, pointing to Western sanctions and coronavirus infections.

New US President Joe Biden's administration on Thursday proposed a five-year extension of New START with Russia, the last remaining nuclear reduction treaty between the powers, which expires on February 5.

Russia's lower house of parliament on Friday gave preliminary approval to a U.S.-Russian arms treaty, but decided to delay the final vote until next month.The Kremlin-controlled State Duma voted 350-58 to approve the New START treaty in the first of three required readings. The legislators said they would proceed further after returning from the Ne...

The US Senate ratified an arms control treaty with Russia on Wednesday that reduces the limit for each country's stockpile of nuclear warheads, giving President Barack Obama a major foreign policy win in the last days of this session of Congress.At his year-end news conference, Obama praised the strong bipartisan vote for a treaty he described as t...

United States and Russia arrive at a landmark nuclear arms reduction treaty cutting warheads by about 30 per cent.