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August 2, 2019

Russia Declares Nuclear Arms Treaty "Formally Dead" as U.S. Withdraws
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The Trump administration has formally ended U.S. participation in the
landmark Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty. In a statement
responding to the U.S. withdrawal, Russia's foreign ministry called the
INF treaty "formally dead." President Ronald Reagan and former Soviet
leader Mikhail Gorbachev signed the treaty in 1987 to ban all nuclear
and non-nuclear missiles with short and medium ranges. President Trump's
withdrawal has sparked fears of a new nuclear arms race.


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