'..a new nuclear arms reduction pact.'

'..the leaders have signaled an interest in negotiating a new nuclear arms reduction pact.

..

Moscow’s views of the West are fueled by a sense of grievance and suspicions of a hidden agenda that involves weakening Russia and promoting a pro-democracy revolution to topple Putin. By this account, the U.S. and its NATO allies have repeatedly betrayed the Russians, abandoning missile treaties and expanding ever closer to its borders.'

- Biden, Putin to Meet in Geneva With Long Lists of Grievances, May 25, 2021



Context

'The topic of 'NATO expansion' was not discussed at all..' - Gorbachev

'..when the Soviet Union crumbled and East European countries wanted the Cold War victors' protection..'

'..the biggest problem of Russian leadership is inability to admit mistakes..'


(In the Electric Universe) - '..sharp new cuts to the U.S. nuclear force..' - '..the abolishment of "all nuclear weapons," ' Ronald Reagan

'..Russia: Sakharov And The Future'

'The cost of the US wars on terror has reached into the trillions..'