MOSCOW SAYS U.S. VIOLATING START-I ACCORD. Aleksandr
Yakovenko, an official representative of the Russian Foreign
Ministry, said on 4 January that the United States is in
direct violation of the START-I agrement because it is
destroying only the first stage of the MX and not the entire
missile as required, Russian agencies reported. Yakovenko
said Washington's violation of this agreement could allow the
U.S. to put these missiles back into active service very
quickly and thus threaten the balance envisioned by the
accord. The Russian spokesman added that Moscow has raised
this issue in a variety of forums and at various levels but
has not received any satisfactory response. PG
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