Russia Steps Back From Key Arms Treaty
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Russia said today that it would suspend its obligations under a cornerstone cold war-era arms limitation treaty.
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Russia shrugged off U.S. criticism over nuclear issues Thursday, saying it had made progress in reducing its tactical weapons in Europe and would continue cooperating with Iran's program despite concerns Tehran might be trying to develop atomic weapons.
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Russia has no plans to mass armed forces near its Western borders after freezing compliance with a landmark arms treaty signed at the end of the Cold War, senior government and army officials said on Saturday.
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Putin signals that Russia is on a new collision course with Nato as he dumps a key arms control treaty.
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MOSCOW -- President Vladimir V. Putin formally notified NATO governments yesterday that Russia would suspend its obligations under the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty, a major Cold War-era arms-limitation agreement, in response to US plans to deploy a missile shield in Eastern Europe.
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Russia and NATO states on Wednesday struggled to find common ground to resolve a row over a European arms pact, snagged over Moscow's refusal to close bases in the former Soviet republics of Georgia and Moldova.
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Russia implements its decision to suspend a key Cold War treaty limiting troops and weapons in Europe.
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MOSCOW -- Russia warned the United States yesterday it might pull out of a Cold War nuclear arms reduction treaty because of plans by Washington to build a missile shield in Eastern Europe.
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The Russian government has dismissed Western criticism of the sweeping political changes proposed by President Vladimir Putin, shrugging off concerns by the US and the
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Russia on Wednesday curtly rejected U.S. criticism of sweeping political changes proposed by President Vladimir Putin, telling Washington to stay out of its business.
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At the United Nations Conference on Disarmament on Tuesday, the United States rejected a Russian-Chinese draft treaty banning weapons in space.
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Russia said on Saturday it had no plans for a major build-up of forces following its decision to freeze compliance with the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) treaty.
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Russia said on Saturday  its offer to the United States of joint use of a radar it  controls in Azerbaijan made a planned American missile shield  in central Europe unnecessary.
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Disputes between Russia and the United States over funding and lucrative contracts are hampering an international effort to destroy the world's largest chemical weapons arsenal, experts said Wednesday.
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President Vladimir Putin, playing down  recent hawkish statements from Moscow, said on Thursday Russia  was not interested in a return to the Cold War.
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Emergency talks on a key arms control  pact began in restrained fashion on Tuesday with Russia, the  United States and NATO states all at pains not to escalate  East-West confrontation, the U.S. and Russian delegations said.
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President Putin says a new arms race is under way and that Nato is not listening to Russia's concerns.