In the recent years, Washington has been repeatedly accusing Russia of violating the treaty. Moscow strongly dismissed the accusations and voiced its own claims concerning Washington’s non-compliance. . ..…

US Disarmament Ambassador Robert Wood told Washington had spent some five years trying to engage Moscow on the issue of compliance and that Russia had denied having produced or tested ground-launch cruise missile... Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday warned that..…

Syria’s opposition, which has previously described Russia’s military intervention in 2015 as an occupation, on Friday said it welcomed dialogue with Moscow, signalling readiness for more concessions following the Assad regime’s battlefield successes. . ..…

Last year, Trump called new START a bad treaty for capping deployment of nuclear warheads he wants increased – despite no US enemies since WW II ended, just invented ones, unjustifiably justifying endless imperial wars, along with provocative actions against Russia, China, Iran and other countries...…

Wood repeated the U.S. accusations on Friday, telling the disarmament committee after the vote that for 5 1/2 years the United States has tried to engage Russia on the issue of treaty violations. He said Moscow only recently admitted producing a ground-launched missile but maintained it..…

Russian diplomats said they had not ruled out submitting the proposal to the UN council, where both Moscow and Washington exercise veto power. . ... He said Moscow only recently admitted producing a ground-launched missile, but maintained it didn't violate the range limits. . ..…