Russia Refuses To Renew A Hugely Successful 20-Year Weapons Pact Partnership With U.S. Video

The Russian government said Wednesday that it would not renew a hugely successful 20-year partnership with the United States to safeguard and dismantle nuclear and chemical weapons in the former Soviet Union when the program expires next spring, a potentially grave setback in the already fraying relationship between the former cold war enemies.

The plan to end the Nunn-Lugar program appears to be the latest step by the Russian government in an expanding effort to curtail American-led initiatives, and especially the influence of American money, in various spheres of Russian public policy.

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Here is a Video of U.S. Sen. Dick Luger, from Obama’s first year in office.

Sen. Luger Explains the accomplishments this bill has brought forth, along with the number of weapons that have been successfully disposed of to date.

U.S. Sen. Dick Lugar today took to the floor of the Senate to tout the successes of the Nunn-Lugar Cooperation Threat Reduction program. As START Treaty negotiations continue in Geneva, Switzerland, and President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev discuss an agreement on the sidelines of the Copenhagen meeting, Lugar continued to draw attention to the practical, day-by-day progress of dismantling and destroying weapons and materials of mass destruction.