Category Archives: Russia

US-Russia nuclear arms treaty takes effect

By doris | Published: February 5, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com MUNICH — A new U.S.-Russia nuclear arms control treaty went into effect Saturday, securing a key foreign policy goal of President Barack Obama and raising hopes among officials on both sides that it will provide the impetus for Moscow and Washington to negotiate further reductions.

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Senate defeats three more amendments to START accord

By doris | Published: December 21, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — Senate debate on a new nuclear arms treaty with Russia intensified Monday, with Democratic supporters touting the backing of military leaders for the pact while Republican opponents used to Cold War terminology to portray it as a threat to national security. The Senate met behind closed doors for [...]

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Arms treaty with Russia hits snag as GOP balks

By doris | Published: November 17, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com President Obama’s hopes of ratifying a new arms control treaty with Russia by the end of the year appeared to come undone on Tuesday as the chief Senate Republican negotiator moved to block a vote on the pact, one of the White House’s top foreign policy goals, in the lame-duck session [...]

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Spy swap was a mistake

By doris | Published: July 10, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — The Obama administration’s rush to sweep the recent Russian spy scandal off the table as quickly as possible with this swap is a bad move on several counts. It is understandable and correct that President Barack Obama values the overall U.S.-Russian relationship above the question of whether a few [...]

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Obama, Medvedev to meet on nuclear weapons

By doris | Published: December 18, 2009

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON – Negotiations with Russia to replace an expired Cold War-era arms control treaty have bogged down and now appear unlikely to be concluded by the end of the year as the White House had hoped. As the two sides seek a breakthrough, President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart, Dmitry [...]

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Russian president denies Putin has all the power

By doris | Published: September 20, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com “In our country, where there’s so much red tape, nobody would even lift a finger without me signing a paper first, even if they have different opinions about who’s in charge,” Medvedev told CNN’s “Fareed Zakaria GPS” in an exclusive interview airing Sunday. “That’s an absolutely clear thing for anyone who [...]

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U.S., allies plan tough U.N. resolution on North Korea

By doris | Published: June 2, 2009

Full Story At  CNN.com Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke Monday with the Russian and Chinese foreign ministers, a department spokesman said, as the U.N. Security Council debates a tough resolution condemning North Korea’s latest missile and nuclear tests. “I think it’s very clear that we are all on the same page with regard to [...]

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Obama faces high-stakes China, Russia talks

By doris | Published: April 1, 2009

Full Story At  msnbc.com LONDON – Stepping onto the world stage for the first time in his two-month presidency, Barack Obama is holding face-to-face talks with the leaders of the two nations — Russia and China — most aggressively challenging the U.S. position atop the global order. But first up for Obama was a sit-down [...]

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Obama offered deal to Russia in secret letter

By doris | Published: March 3, 2009

Full Story At  msnbc.com WASHINGTON – President Obama sent a secret letter to Russia’s president last month suggesting that he would back off deploying a new missile defense system in Eastern Europe if Moscow would help stop Iran from developing long-range weapons, American officials said Monday. The letter to President Dmitri A. Medvedev was hand-delivered [...]

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