Vladimir Putin attacks US missile defence

US plans for a missile defence shield are holding up a new nuclear disarmament treaty, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on the 29 December 2009.

Russia and the US are yet to find a successor to the Cold War-era Start I treaty, which expired on 5 December 2009.

ESO: Background information: Clinton hails progress on Russia nuclear talks http://www.europeansources.info/record/clinton-hails-progress-on-russia-nuclear-talks/

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