Russia Sees 'No Prospects' For Extending Nuclear Pact With U.S.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says Moscow doesn't see any prospects for extending the New START arms-control treaty with the United States, though it plans to carry on with negotiations on the subject. "No. I personally don't see such prospects. My colleagues who are working in an interagency format and holding meetings with the Russian delegation don't see such prospects either, although we'll never declare any intention to slam the door and terminate all contacts," Lavrov said in an interview with Russian radio stations on October 14. The top Russian diplomat also dismissed as "unscrupulous " suggestions by the U.S. envoy for arms control, Marshall Billingslea,...