- 14:18 15/02/2012 MOSCOW, February 15 (RIA Novosti)
The White House and Pentagon are considering several proposals that would significantly reduce the nation’s nuclear arsenal, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.
- 22:49 24/01/2012 WASHINGTON, January 24 (RIA Novosti)
The United States and Russia are successfully implementing their nuclear disarmament agreements and are continuing to work on the next steps in this direction, a U.S. Department of State official said on Tuesday.
- 12:57 27/12/2011 WASHINGTON, December 27 (RIA Novosti)
The United States is preparing for talks that could lead to cuts in tactical nuclear weapons and warheads in storage in a future arms agreement with Russia, a senior arms control official said in an interview with RIA Novosti.
- 16:15 16/12/2011 VLASIKHA (Moscow region), December 16 (RIA Novosti)
U.S. inspection teams have conducted 12 inspections of Strategic Missile Forces facilities in Russia, SMF chief Lt. Gen. Sergei Karakayev said on Friday.
- 22:04 25/10/2011 WASHINGTON, October 25 (RIA Novosti)
Data published by the U.S. Department of State on Tuesday indicates that the United States has some 300 more deployed nuclear weapons than Russia.
- 02:40 07/06/2011
Russian President Dmintry Medvedev has approved amendments to an agreement with the United States to dispose of excess weapon-grade plutonium, the Rossiiskaya Gazeta government daily said on Tuesday.
- 15:42 16/05/2011
Moscow is concerned by the United States' refusal to provide legally binding guarantees that its European missile defense system will not be directed against Russia, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Monday.
- 11:51 29/04/2011
Washington is interested in starting broad discussions with Moscow on further reduction of strategic nuclear arsenals.
- 17:41 25/03/2011
Delegations from Russia and the United States will meet in Geneva from March 28 to April 8 for an inaugural session of the Bilateral Consultative Commission, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Friday.
- 06:38 22/03/2011
The United States and Russia have begun exchanging information on their nuclear stockpiles under a new U.S.-Russian arms reduction treaty.
- 04:19 22/03/2011
Reaching an agreement with Russia on cutting the tactical nuclear weapons stockpiles is likely to be a complicated process.
- 13:35 17/03/2011
On-site inspections of Russian and U.S. nuclear arsenals under the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty will begin in April, Russia's deputy foreign minister said on Thursday.
- 17:51 10/03/2011
Overwhelmed with the outbursts of white noise which accompanied the New START ratification, for a period of time the Russian diplomacy seemed oblivious to Washington's missile defense plans, including those pertinent to the European part of the missile shield.
- 15:46 01/03/2011
Russia has called for the consideration of all factors that threaten strategic stability, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday.
- 04:30 24/02/2011
The U.S. administration is ready to conduct talks with Russia on further nuclear arms reductions, including non-strategic weapons.
- 03:16 17/02/2011
The United States and Russia will hold their first information exchange on nuclear stockpiles under the New START treaty on March 22, a U.S. assistant secretary of state said.
- 20:50 05/02/2011
The New START arms reduction treaty will not shift Russia's plans to continue developing Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) and Yars RS-24 missiles, Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov said on Saturday.
- 16:43 05/02/2011
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Saturday exchanged the instruments of ratification for the New START arms reduction treaty and the document came into effect.
- 15:51 05/02/2011
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the ratification of the New START arms reduction treaty will increase international stability and promote Russian-U.S. cooperation.
- 07:59 05/02/2011
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. State Secretary Hillary Clinton will exchange the instruments of ratification for the New START arms reduction treaty on Saturday.
- 08:00 03/02/2011
The United States expects to hold talks with Russia on tactical nuclear weapons (TNW) within a year after the New START arms reduction treaty comes into force, President Barack Obama said in a message to the Senate on Wednesday.
- 06:32 03/02/2011
U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday signed ratification papers for the New START arms reduction pact - a keystone of his painstaking effort to reset relations with Russia.
- 06:33 02/02/2011
U.S. President Barack Obama will sign on Wednesday ratification documents for a new Russia-US strategic arms reduction deal.
- 21:09 01/02/2011
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will exchange the instruments of ratification for the New START arms reduction pact in Munich on February 5, Russia's Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.
- 07:53 29/01/2011
It is too early to discuss limiting tactical nuclear weapons (TNW) with the United States.
- 22:33 28/01/2011
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed the ratification documents for the strategic arms reduction treaty on Friday, paving the way for the enactment of the treaty within days. Chief Editor of RussiaProfile.org, Andrei Zolotov, discusses the significance of the treaty and the next steps for Russian - U.S. strategic relations with Professor Viktor Mizin, deputy director of the International Studies Institute at the Moscow State University of International Affiars.
- 18:39 28/01/2011
President Dmitry Medvedev has signed the ratification of the New START treaty, the U.S.-Russian nuclear arms reduction pact. The treaty will determine the U.S.-Russian level of parity and the balance of interests for the near future.
- 15:33 28/01/2011
The Russian-U.S. strategic arms reduction treaty could enter into force in early February, President Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday after signing off on the new START treaty ratification documents.
- 14:36 28/01/2011
The Russian-U.S. strategic arms reduction treaty could enter into force in early February, President Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday after signing off on the new START treaty ratification documents.
- 14:15 28/01/2011
The Russia-U.S. strategic arms reduction treaty could enter into force in early February, President Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday after signing off on the New START treaty ratification documents.
- 19:49 27/01/2011
British Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Thursday he was "delighted" that Russia had ratified the New Start nuclear arms disarmament treaty with the United States.
- 03:32 27/01/2011
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has praised the ratification of a new strategic arms reduction deal by the Russian parliament, his spokesman said.
- 00:48 27/01/2011
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said he was ready to sign a law on the ratification of the new START treaty and urged the United States to continue joint efforts aimed at further strategic arms reduction.
- 12:26 26/01/2011
Russia will go forward with plans to develop its own missile defense system after the ratification of a strategic arms reduction treaty with the United States, Russia's defense minister said on Wednesday.
- 11:23 26/01/2011
The upper house of the Russian parliament, the Federation Council, ratified on Wednesday a new strategic arms reduction treaty between Russia and the United States.
- 11:14 26/01/2011 RIA Novosti military commentator Ilya Kramnik
The most recent U.S.-Russian arms reduction agreement looks set to become a reality, after all. A bill on the ratification of the new START treaty has already passed through Russia's lower house of parliament, the State Duma, and was approved by the upper house on Wednesday, January 26.
- 11:02 26/01/2011
The upper house of the Russian parliament, the Federation Council, ratified on Wednesday a new strategic arms reduction treaty between Russia and the United States.
- 20:20 25/01/2011
U.S. President Barack Obama praised the ratification of the new strategic arms reduction treaty by the lower house of the Russian parliament during a phone conversation with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday.
- 17:56 25/01/2011
Russia's lower house of parliament, the State Duma, ratified on Tuesday a new strategic arms reduction agreement with the United States.
- 17:27 25/01/2011
Russia's lower house of parliament, the State Duma, ratified on Tuesday a new strategic arms reduction agreement with the United States.
- 14:34 25/01/2011
Russia may withdraw from the strategic arms reductions treaty with the United States at any time if strategic weapons that appear in the future do not fall under the agreement, a senior Russian lawmaker said on Tuesday.
- 14:35 24/01/2011
The foreign relations and defense committees of Russia's upper house of parliament recommended the chamber to approve the new arms reduction pact with the United States on Wednesday, the head of the committee said.
- 02:12 22/01/2011
Russia must quickly modernize its nuclear deterrent focusing on the deployment of ballistic missiles capable of penetrating the most sophisticated missile defenses.
- 16:28 20/01/2011
The foreign relations committee of the lower house of the Russian parliament on Thursday recommended that lawmakers give final approval to the New Start arms reduction treaty with the United States.
- 16:44 17/01/2011
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev called on the country's parliament on Monday to swiftly ratify the new nuclear arms reduction treaty with the United States.
- 18:17 14/01/2011
The State Duma, the lower house of Russia's parliament, voted for ratification of a new strategic arms reduction deal with the United States on the second reading on Friday, setting its terms for approving the pact.
- 13:37 14/01/2011
The lower house of the Russian parliament on Friday approved amendments to a bill on the ratification of a news arms reduction deal with the United States.
- 04:07 14/01/2011
Russia's lower house of parliament, the State Duma, will consider on Friday in the second reading a draft law on the ratification of a new arms reduction deal with the United States.
- 19:50 12/01/2011 RIA Novosti political commentator Andrei Fedyashin
The U.S.-Russian Agreement for Cooperation in the Field of Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy, also known as the U.S.-Russia 123 Agreement, signed for 30 years, came into force without any protest from the U.S. Congress on January 11.
- 18:15 12/01/2011
The foreign relations committee of the lower house of the Russian parliament on Wednesday recommended that a new arms reduction deal with the United States be approved in its second reading, committee head Konstantin Kosachyov said.
- 11:46 12/01/2011
Russia's Communist Party proposed on Wednesday suspending the ratification of a new arms reduction deal with the United States over Washington's refusal to link it to the issue of missile defense.
- 13:48 11/01/2011
Russia's lower house of parliament, the State Duma, will give the new arms reduction deal with the United States a third and final reading on January 25, house speaker Boris Gryzlov said on Tuesday.
- 19:14 07/01/2011
he New Start agreement with the United States on strategic nuclear arms cuts favors Russia more than the now-expired START 1 deal did, a top Russian lawmaker says.
- 20:08 06/01/2011
The lower house of the Russian parliament has prepared five amendments and two draft statements on a new strategic arms reduction treaty with the United States, a senior lawmaker said on Thursday.
- 22:36 29/12/2010
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin called on Wednesday a new strategic arms reduction treaty with the United States a foreign policy victory for President Dmitry Medvedev.
- 14:02 27/12/2010
Russia's upper house of parliament, the Federation Council, may ratify the new U.S.-Russian arms reduction deal on January 26, a top Russian senator said on Monday.
- 23:46 24/12/2010 RIA Novosti political commentator Andrei Fedyashin
The U.S.-Russian reset policy was certainly beefed up by the Senate’s ratification of the New START treaty on December 22. But does this injection of anabolic steroids actually serve to undermine it or to help it bulk up? This second outcome is by no means a done deal.
- 21:37 24/12/2010
Discussions on ratifying the new Russian-U.S. strategic arms reduction treaty (START) have divided Russian deputies into two opposing camps.
- 16:39 24/12/2010
The lower house of the Russian parliament, the State Duma, has approved the first reading of three for the ratification bill of the new Russian-U.S. arms reduction treaty.
- 12:53 24/12/2010
The Russian parliament is likely to delay the ratification of the New START treaty until January, a senior Russian lawmaker said on Friday.
- 12:18 24/12/2010
The last days of 2010 were marked by hot disputes in the US Senate on the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty agreement (START) signed between Russia and the US.
- 10:31 24/12/2010
Russia and the United States will begin exchanging data on their strategic arsenals within 45 days of a new nuclear arms control treaty coming into force, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Rose Gottemoeller has said.
- 04:44 24/12/2010
Russia will be able to increase its nuclear arms potential after a new arms reduction treaty between the United States and Russia is ratified.
- 02:12 24/12/2010
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and his U.S. counterpart Barack Obama discussed the American Senate's ratification of the new arms reduction treaty between the two countries.
- 21:10 23/12/2010
Russian parliament's lower house, the State Duma, and upper house, the Federation Council, will consider the new arms reduction treaty between Russia and the United States on Friday, top deputies said Thursday.
- 14:46 23/12/2010
The lower house of the Russian parliament is to meet later in the day to set a date on the ratification procedure for the new arms pact with the United States, the State Duma said on Thursday.
- 13:39 23/12/2010
Russia is waiting for the text of the U.S. Senate resolution on the ratification of a new strategic arms pact to proceed with its own ratification procedure, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday.
- 11:28 23/12/2010
Russia's lower house of parliament may ratify a new nuclear arms treaty with the United States on Friday, speaker Boris Gryzlov said on Thursday.
- 11:04 23/12/2010
Russia's lower house of parliament may approve a much-delayed nuclear arms control treaty with the United States on Friday, speaker Boris Gryzlov said on Thursday.
- 09:21 23/12/2010
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon welcomed on Thursday the U.S. Senate's ratification of a landmark nuclear arms treaty with Russia.
- 03:39 23/12/2010
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev welcomes the ratification of a new U.S.-Russian arms reduction deal by the U.S. Senate but believes it could take some time for the Russian lawmakers to study the amendments to the treaty.
- 03:22 23/12/2010
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev welcomes the ratification of a new U.S.-Russian arms reduction deal by the U.S. Senate but believes it could take some time for the Russian lawmakers to study the amendments to the treaty.
- 01:48 23/12/2010
Members of the lower house of the Russian parliament, the State Duma, should thoroughly study the text of a new U.S.-Russian arms reduction deal before ratifying the document.
- 23:33 22/12/2010
The United States Senate ratified on Wednesday a new nuclear arms reduction pact with Russia, with a vote of 71 for and 26 against.
- 23:05 22/12/2010
The United States Senate ratified on Wednesday a new nuclear arms reduction pact with Russia, with a vote of 71 for and 26 against.
- 16:14 22/12/2010
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is optimistic over the Russian-U.S. new strategic arms reduction treaty (START) ratification by the U.S. Senate.
- 11:57 22/12/2010
The lower house of the Russian parliament, the State Duma, may ratify the Russian-U.S. new strategic arms reduction treaty (START) by the end of 2010, if it is approved by U.S. Senate soon, a Russian deputy said on Wednesday.
- 07:50 22/12/2010
The new strategic arms reduction treaty between the United States and Russia is nearing approval by the U.S. Senate, with the final vote due to take place on Wednesday.
- 01:31 22/12/2010
The new START treaty secured enough votes in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday to close out debate and move to the final approval stages.
- 23:46 21/12/2010
The new START treaty secured enough votes in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday to close out debate and move to the final approval stages of the agreement.
- 21:52 21/12/2010
Senator Bob Corker became the ninth Republican to confirm his vote for the new START arms reduction treaty with Russia on Tuesday, giving it the two-third majority needed for ratification.
- 23:05 15/12/2010
The U.S. Senate voted on Wednesday to begin a debate of the START arms reduction treaty with Russia.
- 22:29 15/12/2010
DeMint suggested reading out the entire text of the treaty, which is 17 pages long, with 170 pages of accompanying legislation, as part of the U.S. Senate’s debate on the treaty’s ratification.
- 07:35 15/12/2010
The United States plans to continue discussions with Russia on further arms cuts, including in conventional weapons, after the ratification of a new strategic arms reduction treaty, a senior Pentagon official said.
- 01:56 15/12/2010
The U.S. Senate may begin debates on the ratification of a new strategic arms reduction treaty between the United States and Russia on Wednesday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said.
- 05:01 14/12/2010
The U.S. Senate will begin debates on the ratification of a new arms reduction treaty with Russia as soon as it finalizes debates on various tax issues, a spokesman for the White House has said.
- 13:55 04/12/2010
Russia's lower house of parliament, the State Duma, is ready to make amendments to the text of the new START treaty if the move is initiated by the United States, Speaker Boris Gryzlov said on Saturday.
- 02:34 04/12/2010
Discussions of a new strategic arms reduction treaty with Russia may be included into the agenda of the U.S. Senate's December 13 session, Foreign Policy said.
- 09:18 01/12/2010
Russia will be forced to build up its nuclear forces if the United States does not ratify the New Strategic Arms Ratification Treaty, Putin told CNN in an interview to air on Wednesday.
- 18:29 30/11/2010 Olga Kovalenko for RIA Novosti
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday urged Russia and the U.S. to press on with ratification of the START treaty on strategic nuclear arms cuts, and a peaceful resolution of the crisis in Korea.
- 12:44 22/11/2010 RIA Novosti political commentator Andrei Fedyashin
U.S. President Barack Obama signaled from his bully pulpit that he intends to push for Senate ratification of the New START arms reduction treaty with Russia before the end of the year, while his Democrats still enjoy a large majority in the Senate.
- 04:22 21/11/2010
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Saturday he hopes the United States will ratify the new U.S.-Russian strategic arms reduction pact.
- 01:13 21/11/2010
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Saturday he hopes the United States will ratify the new U.S.-Russian strategic arms reduction deal.
- 14:34 20/11/2010
U.S. President Barack Obama called on Congress on Saturday to approve a landmark arms deal treaty with Russia, warning that a failure to do so would be “a dangerous gamble with America's national security.”
- 15:23 19/11/2010
Russia will not hurry to ratify a key nuclear arms reduction deal with the U.S. if Congress delays its approval of the treaty, the speaker of Russia's upper house of parliament said on Friday.
- 21:09 17/11/2010
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday urged the Senate to endorse a new U.S.-Russian strategic arms treaty, warning that failure to do so would jeopardize national security.
- 05:35 17/11/2010
Moscow hopes that the new Russian-U.S. strategic arms reduction deal will be ratified by the end of this year, a Russian deputy foreign minister said.
- 02:54 17/11/2010
Moscow hopes that the new Russian-U.S. strategic arms reduction deal will be ratified by the end of this year.
- 05:59 15/11/2010
U.S. President Barack Obama was optimistic about the ratification of a nuclear arms reduction treaty with Russia, saying that it was likely to get the necessary support in the Senate vote.
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