MOSCOW – Russia has formally proposed to the United States that the two nuclear superpowers extend their New START arms control treaty by five years, though Moscow would also settle for a shorter extension, a senior Russian official said on Nov. 27.
Reuters: Russia urges US to extend nuclear pact due to expire in 2021
Then-US President Barack Obama (L) and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev exchange documents after signing the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) in Prague on April 8, 2010.
