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Russia denies violating Cold War-era arms control treaty

By Joel Gehrke

Published December 13, 2017 7:29pm ET

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Russia denies violating Cold War-era arms control treaty — "The Americans have failed to provide hard facts to substantiate their accusations," Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said. "They just cannot provide them, because such evidence essentially does not exist." (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) | Mikhail Klimentyev

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s team is making baseless allegations about Russian compliance with a Cold War-era arms control treaty, a Moscow diplomat insisted Wednesday.

“The Americans have failed to provide hard facts to substantiate their accusations,” Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said, per state-run media. “They just cannot provide them, because such evidence essentially does not exist.”

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