White House presses Russia to release Texan Trevor Reed, calls former Marine’s case a ‘mockery of justice’
The Fort Worth native is in prison for attacking police despite evidence showing otherwise.
A former US Marine and University of North Texas student, Trevor Reed at his sentencing hearing July 30, 2020, at Moscow s Golovinsky District Court. The court found him guilty and sentenced him to 9 years in a prison colony. Reed, who arrived in Russia on a tourist visa, was arrested Aug. 16, 2019 after neighbors complained about a drunk man arguing with women. Authorities say he attacked officers as they took him to the police station, which he denies. U.S. officials and Reed s family and lawyer say the charges are baseless.(Vyacheslav Prokofyev / Vyacheslav Prokofyev/TASS)
US President Joe Biden has formally agreed to extend a 2011 nuclear weapons treaty with Russia. It s another turn-around from the Trump Administration that had imposed conditions on renewing the pact, including getting China to also sign up.
The agreement prolongs by five years the two countries last remaining arms treaty, which limits their stockpiles of nuclear weapons. It comes two days before the pact was set to expire.
The New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START Treaty), imposes limits on Russian and US intercontinental missiles and bombers, but does not cover new types of weapons. Extending the New START treaty for five years ensures we have verifiable limits on Russian ICBMs [intercontinental ballistic missiles], SLBMs [submarine-launched ballistic missiles] and heavy bombers through February 4th of 2026, avoiding a potentially unconstrained nuclear arms race, Ned Price, spokesperson for the US Departement of State, told reporters.
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