Russia Brags Extension of New START Nuclear Arms Treaty With U.S. Is On Our Terms
On 1/27/21 at 8:53 AM EST
Russian lawmakers have approved the extension of a nuclear arms treaty with the U.S. the day after President Vladimir Putin received assurances from his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden about the deal, which was about to expire.
Both houses of Russia s parliament voted on Wednesday to back extending the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, known as New START.
The 2010 deal limits the strategic warheads and launchers in the arsenals of the world s two top nuclear powers and allows them to inspect one another s stockpiles. It was due to lapse on February 5.
Biden Warns Russian President Putin About Election Meddling In Their First Call
MOSCOW (dpa-AFX) - In his first call as U.S. President to his Russian counterpart, Joe Biden warned Vladimir Putin against meddling with U.S. presidential election.
The White House said Biden warned that his government would impose additional sanctions on Moscow if U.S. intelligence confirms Russian interference in election.
A White House statement about the telephone call said Biden voiced concern over the SolarWinds hack, reports of Russia placing bounties on U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan, the poisoning of Russian Opposition leader Aleksey Navalny, and treatment of peaceful protesters by Russian security forces.
Russia and the US have started expert-level work on the extension of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START), Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said on Monday."I can only say that experts are actively .
Should U.S. Missile Defenses Be a Part of Arms Control Negotiations With Russia?
The Biden administration should consider whether the benefits to United States and allied security of limiting all nuclear weapons, including non-strategic nuclear arms, would justify accepting some constraints on missile defense.
A consensus has grown in Washington that the next nuclear arms negotiation with Moscow should aim to limit
all U.S. and Russian nuclear weapons, not just deployed strategic ones. That would raise challenging issues. Moscow may insist that it would put non-strategic weapons on the table only if Washington addresses issues of concern to Russia, particularly, missile defense.