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Putin suggests deeper nuclear cuts
The Associated Press
MOSCOW — In a bold new arms control gambit, Russian President Vladimir Putin said yesterday that Russia and the United States could make drastic cuts in their nuclear arsenals far beyond existing proposals.
Putin, who is pushing to downsize a huge military that Russia can no longer afford, said the former Cold War opponents need not stop at the 1,500-warhead limit Russia has been advocating up until now. He did not propose any specific numbers.
"It's not the limit," he said in a statement issued by the Kremlin. "We are ready to consider lower levels in the future. We don't see reasons which would hamper further deep cuts in strategic offensive weapons. There should be no pause in nuclear disarmament."
achieved by 2008, but only if the United States did not go ahead with a national missile defense system that Russia said would
Putin said the 1,500 level could be
undermine nuclear deterence.
In Washington, a State Department representative, Philip Reeker, said "we read with interest" Putin's statement, but declined to say if the Clinton administration was ready to
"We certainly share the Russian interest in lower levels of strategic nuclear arms," Reecker said. "That's something we've worked
negotiate further cutbacks with the Russians.
Putin: pushing to downsize huge Russian military
on for quite some time now, and we want to proceed in a manner that will also allow us to address new threats."
After years of delay, Russia's parliament in April ratified the START II arms reduction treaty, which would roughly halve arsenals to about 3,500 warheads each. As soon as the treaty has into effect, the sides have tentatively agreed to go ahead with a START III treaty that envisages further cuts, from 2,000 to 2,500 warheads.
about $5.1 billion on defense -- compared with annual U.S. defense spending of around $290 billion.
Analysts say the United States has roughly 7,500 nuclear weapons, while Russia has between 6,000 and 7,000. START II has not taken effect, because the Russian parliament added conditions not yet ratified by the U.S. Senate.
Last week, Putin approved a military reform plan that would cut the 3 million uniformed and civilian personnel in the overall military establishment by about 20 percent.
The cash-strapped Russian government is under pressure to cut military spending, which makes up one third of the federal budget even though Russia spends only
Most experts believe that Russia wants deep nuclear cuts because it can't afford to keep up its forces even at START II levels and wants to preserve nuclear equality with the United States. Russia has only been able to build a handful of nuclear missiles in recent years, too few to replace the hundreds of weapons approaching the ends of their service lives.
"It's very important for Russia to persuade the United States to also cut its arsenals, to avoid a unilateral disarmament," said Dmitry Trenin, an analyst for the Carnegie Endowment.
World Court hears case about U.S. death penalty
The Associated Press
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Angered by Arizona's execution of two of its German-born citizens, Germany accused the United States yesterday of breaking international law.
In a case before the World Court, Germany sued the United States about the executions of brothers Walter and Karl LaGrand, who were condemned for the 1982 murder of a bank manager during a botched robbery in Arizona and put to death in 1999 despite vigorous German protests.
Germany maintained in a document summarizing the case that poverty and inadequate counsel are key factors in determining whether capital punishment is sought, imposed or carried out in America.
The suit, which comes at a time of increasing protests worldwide against U.S. executions of foreign nationals, does not contest the United States' right to use the death penalty but contends the LaGrands' rights were violated when they were detained without the option of contacting their consular representative as required by the 1963 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations.
"This state of affairs is of great significance ... especially when irreversible decisions such as the imposition and execution of the death penalty are at stake," said Gerhard
"This state of affairs is of great significance ... especially when irreversible decisions such as the imposition and execution of the death penalty are at stake"
Gerhard Westidickenberg chief representative of the German government
Westdickenberg said Arizona officials were aware of the LaGrands' German nationality in April 1982 but did not inform the German consulate of the detention until 1992.
Westdickenberg, chief representative of the German government.
State Department legal adviser James H.
Tessin will give the U.S. response today.
Germany said proper consular aid could have saved the convicts' lives. Germany wants the court to declare that the United States "violated its international legal obligations."
The German delegation also demands that America pay unspecified reparations and guarantee that the acts will not be repeated.
German youths sentenced after Algerian's death
COTTBUS, Germany — A German court convicted eight youths of manslaughter yesterday in the death of an Algerian who was fatally injured while fleeing a group of neo-Nazis.
Only three received jail terms,prompting outrage from the victim's family.
The Associated Press
Three men received 2-3 year sentences, while five received probation. Three other youths were convicted of causing bodily harm and were either given warnings or probation. The men ranged in age from 18 to 21.
Police said the youths chased Omar Ben Noul, 28, and two friends by car through the eastern German town of Guben at night following a dispute at a disco on Feb. 13. 1990
They shouted racist insults out the windows, then tried to block the man's way. Terrified, Noul broke through a glass door at a housing project, severing an artery. He bled to death in the building's vestibule.
The Cottbus state court sentenced Daniel Rausher, 20, to three years in prison and Denny Tarnick, 20, to two years and eight months. Alexander Bode, 21, drew a two-year term. These three men received jail terms because they were charged with additional racist attacks.
Parliament President Wolfgang Thierse had called the trial's 17-month-duration scandalous and said the defendants could hardly feel punished if "they go back home every evening and, in effect, celebrate their return as a victory."
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