Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that China should not be singled out for inclusion in arms control talks, all nuclear powers should join

Joint exercises between the United States and its NATO allies, which involve the preparation and use of nuclear weapons by the military of non-nuclear countries, is a violation of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), which undermines this multilateral document, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday

Russia is considering participating in a tender to build a dry storage for spent nuclear fuel at Atucha-2 power station in Argentina, Russian ambassador to the country Dmitry Feoktistov told Sputnik

Officials in the United States have sent a letter to countries that have ratified the United Nations' Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), urging them to withdraw their support as the agreement approaches the 50 ratifications needed for it to enter into force, the Associated Press agency, which saw a copy of the letter, reports on Thursday

The potential extension of the New START arms reduction deal between the United States and Russia is a positive development and would be helpful for strategic stability but the fate of the deal still very much depends on the outcome of the US presidential election, experts told Sputnik