"I have to say today that Russia is suspending its participation in New START. I repeat, not withdrawing from the treaty, no, but merely suspending its participation," Putin said.
The European Union has voted to ban the sale of new gasoline-powered cars and vans by 2035, requiring all new cars in Europe to be electric in 12 years.
Vice president of the European Commission Věra Jourová stated the European Union (EU) is supporting George Soros' Open Society Foundation's campaign by giving over $3.5 million.
NATO is in the process of launching a "virtual network" of satellites that will "improve" NATO's "intelligence and surveillance," according to Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg.
Russia is concerned by attempts to silently wind down the investigation into last year’s explosions on the Nord Stream gas pipelines, Kremlin Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov has said.
The White House and the CIA have denied journalist Seymour Hersh's allegations that the US was involved in the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines, calling the report "complete fiction" and "completely and utterly false," while the UN said it was unable to verify the claims.
