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31 January 2019

The Trump administration is expected to announce tomorrow the US withdrawal from the historic nuclear arms control treaty with Russia (Inf), signed by Ronald Reagan and Michail Gorbachev and a milestone of the end of the Cold War. The Associated Press reports. It was the same American president Donald Trump weeks ago to give the February 2 deadline, accusing Moscow of having repeatedly violated those agreements. Accusations always rejected by the Kremlin which in turn warned the White House about a dangerous resumption of the nuclear arms race.

Confirmation of the decision to exit the treaty would come after the failure of the last negotiations between Americans and Russians held in the last week in Beijing. Technically the withdrawal from the Inf agreement should take place six months after the announcement. This - the experts explain - leaves some hope that the historic treaty can still be saved with a last-minute agreement between Washington and Moscow.