U.S.-Russia Ties At Risk Without Europe Missile-Shiled Treaty, Envoy Says -- Bloomberg

Efforts to improve U.S.-Russian relations may be damaged unless the Obama administration agrees to a treaty guaranteeing that a proposed missile shield won’t target its former Cold War foe, Russia’s envoy to NATO said.

Russia isn’t satisfied with U.S. assurances the shield will only guard against attacks by so-called rogue states, Dmitry Rogozin said yesterday in a phone interview from Brussels. It wants the U.S. Senate to ratify an accord ensuring that the system won’t be aimed at Russia’s nuclear arsenal, Rogozin said.

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