Russia Suspends Nuclear Agreement, Ends Uranium Research Pact With United States

[Vigilante]

The Obomanation leading us out of a Cold War with Russia, and leading to WW III....Thanks DemocRATS!!!

Reuters ^ | 10/5/16 | Lidia Kell

MOSCOW–Russia further curtailed its cooperation with the United States in nuclear energy on Wednesday, suspending a research agreement and terminating one on uranium conversion, two days after the Kremlin shelved a plutonium pact with Washington. It also said it was terminating for the same reasons an agreement between its nuclear corporation Rosatom and the U.S. Department of Energy on feasibility studies into conversion of Russian research reactors to low-enriched uranium. On Monday, President Vladimir Putin suspended a treaty with Washington on cleaning up weapons grade plutonium, signaling he is willing to use nuclear disarmament as a new bargaining chip in disputes.....

 

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In April 2014, Russia’s leading nuclear company, Rosatom, received a note from the US Department of Energy announcing a stop to cooperation due to an “order from Washington” over the Ukraine crisis. As a result, the US canceled“bilateral meetings and events on nuclear energy,” an explanatory note to the Russian decree says.

"The actions taken by the US in connection with imposing sanctions against Russia have directly affected the areas of cooperation envisioned by the agreement" and demanded “counter measures,” the Russian document went on.

It adds that the US actions made visits of American experts to Russian nuclear sites and any potential information exchange“inexpedient.”

the Russian Foreign Ministry has said that the country is ready to complete all of its obligations under existing contracts. Moscow also reserves the right to go back to the deal “when it will be justified” by the overall spirit of Russia-US relations, the explanatory note to the decree said.

According to the document, Moscow has already fulfilled its obligations on testing the possibilities of transition of Russian research reactors to low-enriched uranium.

"We have fulfilled all obligations under the agreed contracts,” the official representative of Rosatom told TASS. The source noted that no further contracts are planned so far, since the cooperation with the US has been in a “sleep mode” in the past two years.
Russia suspends nuclear cooperation with US, says Washington violated agreement

 

[JimBowie1958]

Does anyone else think that Obama might be engaging in brinkmanship in order to bolster Clinton in the election?

 

[Kosh]

With zero leadership in Washington, what does one expect!