Obama said overnight he had told President Vladimir Putin he was ready to proceed with nuclear disarmament, but that Russia didn`t want to negotiate.
"The Russian side always favored a proportional and fair process of nuclear disarmament," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on a conference call. "It can`t be disproportional."
Kremlin hits out at Obama, says was always ready for nuclear arms cuts
19 January 2017
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The Kremlin on Thursday disputed a statement by outgoing U.S. President Barack Obama on nuclear arms cuts, saying Russia had always been ready to consider making proportional cuts to its arsenal.
