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Report: Putin Says Russia Ready to Extend New START Treaty by Year-End

Reuters

   MOSCOW - Russia is ready by the end of this year to extend the New
   START nuclear arms control treaty without extra conditions and further
   discussion, President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday, Interfax news
   agency reported.

   The New START accord, which expires in February 2021, is the last major
   nuclear arms control treaty between Russia and the United States and
   limits the number of strategic nuclear warheads they can deploy.

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