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Putin Vows To Strengthen Russia’s Nuclear Forces After Suspending Its Role In New START Treaty End-shutdown
Dmitry Medvedev, the former Russian president who, along with President Barack Obama, renewed the START agreement for another five years in 2019, defended Russia’s right to use nuclear weapons if necessary. “If the United States wants to defeat Russia, then we have the right to defend ourselves with any weapon, including nuclear weapons,” he said […]
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Russia to suspend participation in new START nuclear weapons treaty, Putin says End-shutdown
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a state of the nation address in Moscow on February 21. (Mikhail Metzel/Sputnik/AFP/Getty Images) Russia is suspending its participation in the New START nuclear arms reduction treaty, President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday. Moscow is not withdrawing from the deal, but is suspending its participation, Putin said in his […]