Washington - Voice of America placed two journalists in its Russian-language service on leave Friday following complaints over their prior employment at
Members of the U.S. Congress have been contacted by employees criticizing the U.S. government-backed news outlet for hiring journalists from pro-Kremlin news sources.
The United States says Russia is violating the New START Treaty, the last remaining nuclear arms treaty between the two countries. In August, Russia suspended inspections of its nuclear facilities as required by the treaty. VOA's Senior Diplomatic Correspondent Cindy Saine reports. Contributed to by Harry Knyagnitsky.