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Russia, U.S. complete new START ratification

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Saturday exchanged the instruments of ratification for the New START arms reduction treaty and the document came into effect.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Saturday exchanged the instruments of ratification for the New START arms reduction treaty and the document came into effect.

The new deal replaced START 1, which expired in December 2009. It was signed by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and his U.S. counterpart Barack Obama in Prague in April 2010. The document slashes the Russian and U.S. strategic nuclear arsenals to a maximum of 1,550 warheads, down from the current ceiling of 2,200.

Medvedev signed the ratification documents January 28 after both houses of the Russian parliament ratified the new treaty adding some provisions to the ratification document and issuing two supplementary statements to the resolution on the treaty ratification.

Obama signed ratification papers for the New on Wednesday.

MUNICH, February 5 (RIA Novosti)

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