The US Department of State on Monday announced the renaming of its Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance to the Bureau of Arms Control, Deterrence and Stability in an attempt to address the changing international security environment.
The United States intends to kill Russia’s Arctic LNG 2 project through sanctions coordinated with the Group of Seven (G7) partners and others, US Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources Geoffrey Pyatt said on Wednesday.
The new US sanctions against Russia are a continuation of Washington s policy of inflicting strategic defeat on Moscow, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Friday.