Medvedev approves Russian-U.S. plutonium disposal deal

Russian President Dmintry Medvedev has approved amendments to an agreement with the United States to dispose of excess weapon-grade plutonium, the Rossiiskaya Gazeta government daily said on Tuesday. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton signed in April 2010 a protocol to amend the U.S.-Russian 2000 agreement on eliminating excess […]