Russia Has Not Complied With The First START Treaty. Why Should The Comply Now?

Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev shake hands as they exchange the signed new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START II) at Prague Castle in Prague, April 8. Obama is facing Republican opposition in his push to have the treaty ratified. Petr Josek/Reuters

Report Findings About Russia Could Complicate Debate On New START Pact -- Washington Post

The United States believes Russia is not fully complying with international pacts involving chemical and biological weapons, although Moscow has settled most questions about violations of a nuclear arms treaty with the United States, according to a State Department report to be made public Wednesday.

The State Department Compliance Report had been requested earlier this month by seven of the eight Republicans on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. They were concerned because the last report in 2005 highlighted what they described as "direct violations of START I by the Russians, " a reference to the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty signed in 1991.

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