
Russia would still do a deal with the Trump Administration to extend the New START nuclear arms-control treaty, but a five-year extension would be best, because negotiating a follow-on treaty will be very difficult, the Russian ambassador said Wednesday in a webcast hosted by a D.C. think tank. “If anybody can call me now from [the] State Department or White House, I’m ready to come. I’m ready to continue such negotiations,” Anatoly Antonov said at a virtual discussion with the…