Topic: Moscow

Obama, Medvedev finalize nuclear arms treaty

US President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev on Friday finalized a historic new deal to cut long-range nuclear arms, slashing the number of deployed warheads by a third.In simultaneous announcements in Washington and Moscow, Obama and Medvedev said the ...
Russian, US presidents to finalize arms treaty, set date for signingPresident Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev are within hours of an agreement on the final details of a historic new treaty that would drastically slash the nations' nuclear arsenals, U.S. ...
Agreement to cut US, Russia nuclear arsenals; signing expected in 2 weeks by Obama, MedvedevThe U.S. and Russia will drastically reduce their nuclear arsenals under a historic treaty to be signed next month.After long and trying negotiations, President Barack Obama and Russian ...
US-Russian deal on nukes could build momentum, trust on other key nuclear issuesNearly a year after President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ordered negotiators to work on a new treaty to reduce their nuclear arsenals, the two countries say they ...

Russia-US nuclear treaty ready soon: Kremlin

US President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev have agreed that Washington and Moscow are close to reaching agreement on a new nuclear disarmament treaty, the Kremlin said.Medvedev and Obama "agreed to give additional instructions to the delegations" with a ...

Russia-US nuclear treaty ready soon: Medvedev, Obama

US President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev believe Washington and Moscow are close to reaching agreement on a new nuclear disarmament treaty, the Kremlin said Saturday.Medvedev and Obama "agreed to give additional instructions to the delegations" with a view ...

Russian START negotiators going home but to return

GENEVA (Reuters) - Russian arms control officials are leaving Geneva at the weekend for Moscow but negotiations with the United States on a START successor treaty are expected to resume in coming weeks, an official told Reuters on Friday.It comes after the ...
Iran must act responsibly and transparently to end the standoff over its nuclear programme, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Thursday, in a fresh sign of Moscow's growing impatience with Tehran."I think the way out of this situation is responsible behaviour by Iran ...

Russia warns West against "crippling" Iran sanctions

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A senior Russian diplomat warned the West on Wednesday against trying to paralyze Iran by targeting the Islamic Republic's energy and banking sectors with crippling sanctions.Russia has in recent weeks signaled growing frustration with Iran over its nuclear program, ...

Russia urges Iran to be more cooperative with IAEA

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Friday Iran must cooperate more actively with the U.N. nuclear agency to convince the world that its nuclear program is peaceful, Interfax news agency reported.The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) suggested on Thursday for ...