U.S. pullout from landmark arms treaty rankles Russia

The U.S.’s decision to pull out from the landmark Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty has led to a concerted round of criticism from Russia. The treaty, signed in 1987 between Ronald Reagan and Soviet head Mikhail Gorbachev, presented one of the lasting agreements between Moscow and Washington, effectively barring all short- and intermediate-range land-based missiles. […]