U.S. says to issue chemical weapons-related sanctions against Russia
The U.S. State Department said on Tuesday it would impose additional sanctions on Russia after Moscow failed to give reasonable assurances it would not use chemical weapons after a nerve agent attack on a former Russian spy in England.
Russia halts release of Hollywood movie that shows Kremlin coup
Russia blamed bureaucracy rather than censorship for a decision to halt the release of a Hollywood movie that tells the fictional story of U.S. troops rescuing a Russian president from a Kremlin coup.
U.S. exit from nuclear arms pact increases risks of war: Gorbachev
Mikhail Gorbachev, the last Soviet leader, denounced on Friday a U.S. decision to leave an arms control treaty that helped end the Cold War, saying it heralded a new arms race which increased the risk of nuclear conflict.
Bolton says we're a long way from deploying U.S. missiles in Europe
Washington is a long way from taking decisions about deploying missiles in Europe as a consequence of its planned withdrawal from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty, U.S. national security advisor John Bolton said on Tuesday.
Espionage scandals show Russian army's growing clout
Russia’s military spies are being mocked abroad as bunglers but the army’s influence over Kremlin foreign policy is growing and there is little likelihood it will halt its “black operations”.
Russia to start building two nuclear reactors in Hungary soon: Putin
President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that the Russian state atomic energy firm Rosatom would start the construction of two new reactors at the Paks power nuclear plant in Hungary soon.
Commentary: Putin outfoxes Trump in Helsinki
More than three decades ago, American and Russian leaders met each other in a small Nordic capital as much of the world held its collective breath. The two leading nuclear powers were confronted with existential challenges as their respective nuclear arsenals were ballooning out of control. Something needed to be done to break the logjam.
Trump to talk to Russia's Putin about substantially reducing nuclear weapons
U.S. President Donald Trump said he would discuss substantial reductions to nuclear weapons when he meets Russian President Vladimir Putin but cautioned that a “rigged witch hunt” in the United States was hampering efforts to improve relations.
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