Russia: No progress in resolving nuclear arms pact dispute

MOSCOW (AP) — A top Russian diplomat says consultations with his American counterpart made no progress in resolving the United States’ intention to withdraw from a nuclear arms treaty.
Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov met Tuesday in Geneva with U.S. Undersecretary of State Andrea Thompson about the dispute over the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty.
The 1987 treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union bans production, testing and deployment of land-based cruise