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Medvedev Sends US-Russian Arms Deal to Parliament

   VOA News 28 May 2010

   Russian  President  Dmitri  Medvedev  has  sent  a  new  nuclear  arms
   reduction   treaty   with   the   United   States  to  parliament  for
   ratification.
   Mr.  Medvedev  and  U.S. President Barack Obama signed the treaty last
   month in the Czech capital, Prague.
   President  Obama  submitted the treaty to the U.S. Senate for approval
   earlier this month.
   Mr.  Medvedev  urged  Russian  lawmakers  Friday  to synchronize their
   ratification process with the Senate.
   The  new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty cuts U.S. and Russian nuclear
   arsenals  by  30 percent, leaving each side with about 1,500 strategic
   nuclear weapons. The agreement replaces the 1991 START treaty.
   Both  the  U.S.  Senate and Russia's parliament must ratify the treaty
   before it can take effect.
   President  Obama  has  called  the treaty "an important milestone" for
   nuclear security and non-proliferation.

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