
The Russian Federation on Tuesday appeared to offer a one-year extension of the New START nuclear arms-limitation treaty with the U.S., as long as a politically binding, bilateral warhead freeze is the only condition of such an extension, according to a statement posted online by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The ministry posted a Russian-language statement in the pre-dawn hours, Washington time, and quickly posted an official translation. “Russia has proposed extending the New START for one year and…