MOSCOW: The Kremlin said on Wednesday it remained committed to extending the New START nuclear arms control treaty with the United States and would welcome efforts promised by the administration of US President-elect Joe Biden to reach agreement.
The New START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) accord, which was signed in 2010 and expires in February, limits the numbers of strategic nuclear warheads, missiles and bombers that Russia and the United States can deploy.
“Russia and its president are in favor of preserving this agreement,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on a conference call. “If our American colleagues will in fact demonstrate a political will to preserve this pact by extending it, this can only be welcomed.”
Biden’s choice for secretary of state, Antony Blinken, said on Tuesday that the incoming US administration would seek to extend the pact and decide how long an extension to pursue.
Russian President Vladimir Putin last year called on Washington to extend the last major nuclear arms pact between the two countries for a year without any conditions.
A failure to extend New START could fuel a potential arms race and tensions between Moscow and Washington.
Kremlin says would welcome Biden’s efforts to extend New START arms control treaty
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Kremlin says would welcome Biden’s efforts to extend New START arms control treaty
- The New START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) accord limits the numbers of strategic nuclear warheads
- A failure to extend New START could fuel a potential arms race and tensions between Moscow and Washington
Former husband of ex-first lady Jill Biden charged in wife killing
- William Stevenson was married to Jill Biden from 1970 until their divorce in 1975
- He was arrested on Monday and remained in jail after failing to post $500,000 cash bail
WASHINGTON: The ex-husband of former first lady Jill Biden has been arrested and charged with murder in the death of his current wife at their Delaware home in December, local police said Tuesday.
William Stevenson, 77, was married to Jill Biden from 1970 until their divorce in 1975. Jill Biden married former president Joe Biden in 1977.
Stevenson is facing a first-degree murder charge in connection to the December 28 death of his wife, 64-year-old Linda Stevenson, according to New Castle County Police in Delaware.
He was arrested on Monday and remained in jail after failing to post $500,000 cash bail.
In December police said they found Linda Stevenson unresponsive in her living room after responding to a report of a domestic dispute at the couple’s home in Wilmington shortly after 11 p.m. (0400 GMT).
Life-saving measures were unsuccessful, and she was later pronounced dead.
Authorities on Tuesday did not say how Linda Stevenson died or provide more details about the investigation.
Linda Stevenson was “deeply family-oriented and treasured time spent making memories, especially on family vacations with her daughter and granddaughter,” according to her obituary.
She was a Philadelphia Eagles fan and recently ran a bookkeeping business.
“Linda will be remembered as tenacious, kind-hearted, and fiercely loyal,” the obituary said.
“Her strength, resilience, and unwavering love for her family and friends will never be forgotten, and her absence will be felt deeply by all who knew her.”
