The so-called Moscow Treaty, signed by Putin and U . S . President George W . Bush about a year ago, calls on both nations to cut their strategic nuclear arsenals by about two-thirds by 2012.
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Under the Moscow Treaty, the United States and Russia will reduce their strategic nuclear warheads to a level of 1, 700 to 2, 200 by Dec . 31, 2012, a level nearly two-thirds below current levels.
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The Moscow Treaty, which Bush and Putin signed a year ago, calls on Russia and the United States to cut their strategic nuclear arsenals by about two-thirds, to 1, 700 to 2, 200 warheads, by 2012.
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In August 1970, the Soviet Union and West Germany signed the Moscow Treaty, in which the two countries pledged nonaggression in their relations and in matters concerning European and international security and confirmed the Oder-Neisse line.
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Beyond the celebratory remarks over the Moscow Treaty and the photo opportunities, the two leaders addressed several concrete disagreements, from Iran to US-imposed steel tariffs, which will cost Russian manufacturers up to $ 500 million a year.
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The Moscow Treaty that President Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin worked out in May 2002 reduces the two countries'strategic nuclear arsenals to 1, 700 to 2, 200 deployed warheads each over the next decade, a two-thirds reduction.
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The U . S . Senate approved the accord, formally called the Moscow Treaty, in March, but Russia's lower house of parliament, the State Duma, postponed its vote amid criticism of the U . S . war in Iraq.
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The possible addition of independently targeted warheads _ which allow a single missile to strike multiple targets _ would have violated the defunct START II treaty, but it does not violate the less-restrictive Moscow Treaty that has replaced it, the official said.
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Ivanov and Lugar both hailed the Moscow Treaty signed by U . S . President George W . Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin in May, which slashes their nuclear arsenals by about two-thirds, to between 1, 700 and 2, 200 warheads apiece.
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But even as both leaders hailed the visit as a milestone in US-Russia relations, the treaty signed Friday _ to be known as the " Moscow Treaty " _ raised new concerns about what to do with the weapons that Russia removes from operational deployment.
