Nuclear security/ Russia

Russia to safeguard its own nuclear facilities without American help

Moscow has announced that it will no longer require assistance from the United States in protecting Russia’s nuclear facilities, but has made it clear that the decision will not threaten continued collaboration in the realm of international nuclear security.

On Jan. 19, American newspaper The Boston Globe reported that the Kremlin had decided to refuse any more U.S. help in protecting Russian nuclear facilities back in December 2014 and that an agreement had been signed with Washington to that effect. This came after the Americans decided to limit nuclear cooperation with Russia, announced in a statement by U.S. State Department in March 2014.