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11.11.2009, 15:51
Moscow and Washington are working together on signing a new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) after the current agreement expired on December 5, 2009.
11.11.2009, 15:10
The text of the Memorandum of Understanding signed by Russian and US presidents in July 2009.
11.11.2009, 15:07
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For comments on some of the most burning issues related to the talks on the new START treaty, RT turned to a group of leading Russian experts:
11.11.2009, 15:05
As the signing of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START 1) draws near, there is a renewed energy surrounding both Russia and the United States to take the next step in the disarmament process.
15.12.2009, 01:29
If the U.S. and Russia are in agreement at least on the START treaty, then it creates a good climate for the European Security Architecture, said Hans-Henning Schroeder of the Research Center for Eastern European Studies
14.12.2009, 18:03
Konstantin Kosachev, Head of the State Duma's Foreign Affairs Committee confirmed the new START treaty could be signed in a matter of days.
14.12.2009, 14:32
A new START treaty will most likely be signed at the end of the week, as the sides do not have any major disagreements, said Evgeny Myasnikov from the Center for Arms Control.
14.12.2009, 10:05
It has been more than a week since the START treaty between Moscow and Washington on cutting nuclear arsenals expired. While nuclear reduction may be the current trend, this was not always the case.
10.12.2009, 16:08
A spokesman for Russia’s Foreign Ministry said that Russian-US negotiations on strategic arms are close to completion.
05.12.2009, 13:57
Russian paranoia was never ready to accept the fact that the radar in Czech Republic and missiles in Poland were intended to be deployed against Iran, remarked Rupert Allason, a military historian and former British MP.
Published: 16 December, 2009, 10:34
Edited: 20 December, 2009, 05:49
A Russian newspaper claims a new nuclear arms reduction treaty will put Moscow in a stronger position than the 1991 deal with Washington, which expired on December 5th.
Russia needs to start stockpiling it retired nuclear weapons instead of selling them to US civilian nuclear power stations as cheap fuel. Such a warhead reserve would be useful for many things including the use of the material in Russian civilian nuclear reactors as cheap fuel in the future.