Russia hints it may return to overflight treaty if US does

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia may consider returning to an international pact allowing surveillance flights over military facilities if the United States reverses its exit, the top Russian diplomat said Tuesday. Moscow announced last month that it will leave the Open Skies Treaty following the U.S. exit last year. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said after Tuesday’s talks in Moscow with Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde, that “if the United States fully returns to observing the