NATO freezes a Cold War-era security pact after Russia pulls out, raising questions on arms control
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FILE - U.S. President Ronald Reagan, right, and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev exchange pens at a signing ceremony of the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty in the White House East Room in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 8, 1987. Both countries pulled out of the treaty in 2019, blaming each other for violations. On Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023, Russia pulled out of the Treaty of Conventional Armed Forces in Europe and NATO member countries froze their participation in the pact, which was aimed at preventing the massing forces at or near their mutual borders, raising fresh questions about the future of arms control agreements in Europe. (AP Photo/Bob Daugherty, File)FILE - In this Feb. 2, 2019, file photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, speaks to Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu during a Kremlin meeting in Moscow, Russia about suspending participation in the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty signed in 1987 between the Soviet Union and the United States. On Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023, Russia pulled out of the Treaty of Conventional Armed Forces in Europe and NATO member countries froze their participation in the pact, which was aimed at preventing the massing forces at or near their mutual borders, raising fresh questions about the future of arms control agreements in Europe. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov during their meeting at the Kremlin, in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023. (Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, listens to Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov during their meeting at the Kremlin, in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023. (Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)People pose for a photo in front of a Soviet era T-34 tank at an open air interactive museum to commemorate the 82nd anniversary of the World War II-era parade, at Red Square, in Moscow, Russia, on Monday, Nov. 6, 2023. The theatrical performance marks the 82nd anniversary of a World War II historic parade in Red Square and honored the participants in the Nov. 7, 1941 parade who headed directly to the front lines to defend Moscow from the Nazi forces. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)A participant dressed in Red Army World War II uniform in the role of a military traffic controller takes part in a theatrical performance at an open air interactive museum to commemorate the 82nd anniversary of the World War II-era parade, at Red Square, in Moscow, Russia, on Monday, Nov. 6, 2023. The theatrical performance marks the 82nd anniversary of a World War II historic parade in Red Square and honored the participants in the Nov. 7, 1941 parade who headed directly to the front lines to defend Moscow from the Nazi forces. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
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FILE - U.S. President Ronald Reagan, right, and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev exchange pens at a signing ceremony of the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty in the White House East Room in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 8, 1987. Both countries pulled out of the treaty in 2019, blaming each other for violations. On Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023, Russia pulled out of the Treaty of Conventional Armed Forces in Europe and NATO member countries froze their participation in the pact, which was aimed at preventing the massing forces at or near their mutual borders, raising fresh questions about the future of arms control agreements in Europe. (AP Photo/Bob Daugherty, File)