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Putin Orders Suspension of Plutonium Cleanup Program with US

by Reuters

   Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Monday to suspend
   an agreement with the United States on disposing of weapons-grade
   plutonium, a further sign of worsening ties between the former Cold War
   foes.
   The deal, which was signed in 2000 and went into force under a 2010
   agreement, was being suspended due to "the emergence of a threat to
   strategic stability and as a result of unfriendly actions by the United
   States of America towards the Russian Federation", the preamble to the
   decree said.