Topic: Moscow

On Common Ground

And with his successful visit to Moscow this week, President Obama made important progress in bringing our relationship out from the cold and laying the foundation for future progress. President Obama achieved this without giving ground on missile defense--and made clear that ...

Russia, US agree nuclear arms cuts in Obama visit

Russian and US leaders Dmitry Medvedev and Barack Obama announced agreements on Afghanistan and cutting their nuclear arsenals as they sought a new era in battered relations.The ex-Cold War foes issued a declaration on replacing a key disarmament treaty -- including figures ...

No Russia-U.S. arms deal yet: sources

MOSCOW (Reuters) - U.S. and Russian negotiators have still not reached agreement on cutting stocks of their deadliest nuclear weapons ahead of President Barack Obama's first visit to Moscow on Monday, sources close to the talks said.Obama and his Russian counterpart Dmitry ...

Hopes for nuclear breakthrough on Obama Moscow trip

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Hopes are rising on both sides that President Barack Obama's visit to Moscow next week will produce a breakthrough in talks on cutting U.S. and Russian nuclear weapons and on helping Washington in Afghanistan.Officially, neither side has made an ...
Russian and US negotiators wrapped up talks in on confidence-building cuts in their nuclear arsenals, a diplomat said Wednesday, in a final drive to lay the foundations for a summit next month.The third formal round of negotiations on replacing the Cold War ...

Russia, US resume landmark nuclear talks

US and Russian negotiators met in Geneva on Tuesday to discuss new cuts in nuclear weapons arsenals, their last scheduled round of talks before a summit between their presidents next month.The third round of talks on replacing the 1991 Strategic Arms Reduction ...
A top Russian general said on Wednesday that a new nuclear disarmament treaty being negotiated by Moscow and Washington should not cut warheads further than 1,500 on either side, news agencies reported. "Our position is that we must not go below 1,500 ...
Russian general says new US-Russian arms pact not to go below 1,500 nuclear warheads eachA top Russian general said Wednesday that a new U.S.-Russian arms control deal mustn't cut the number of nuclear warheads below 1,500 each, news reports said.Col. "Russian and ...

U.S. sees further progress with Russia on START

GENEVA (Reuters) - The United States expects to make further progress with Russia in talks aimed at cutting nuclear weapons stockpiles before a July summit between their two presidents, a top U.S. arms control official said on Thursday. "We had very productive ...

US, Russia begin high-stakes nuclear arms talks

The United States and Russia began the first round of talks aimed at replacing a landmark Cold War-era nuclear disarmament treaty that expires in December.The on the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) are a central part of US President Barack Obama's desire ...