A pedestrian walks with an umbrella outside the Embassy of the Russian Federation, near the Glover Park neighborhood of Washington, U.S., February 22, 2022.  REUTERS/Tom Brenner/FIle Photo
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Kremlin laments end of US-Russia arms control agreement

The Kremlin said on Friday that the "last remnants" of arms control agreements between Russia and the United States were disappearing.

(Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Friday that the "last remnants" of arms control agreements between Russia and the United States were disappearing, after a group of U.S. Republican lawmakers on Thursday introduced a bill to scrap the New START agreement on nuclear arms.

Russian President Vladimir Putin suspended Russia's participation in New START earlier this year.

(Reporting by Reuters; Editing by Mark Trevelyan)

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