"Russia suspends arms control pact "

"Russian President Vladimir Putin has suspended the application of a key Cold War arms control treaty. Mr Putin signed a decree citing "exceptional circumstances" affecting security as the reason for the move. Russia has been angered by US plans to base parts of a missile defence system in Poland and the Czech Republic. The US said it was "disappointed" by Russia's decision but would "continue to have discussions with them in the coming months" on how to proceed.
The 1990 Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty (CFE) limits the number of heavy weapons deployed between the Atlantic Ocean and the Urals mountains. The Russian suspension will become effective 150 days after other parties to the treaty have been notified, President Putin's decree says."www.bbc.com

This suspension may worsen the relations of US and Russia. The agreement of (CFE) was signed in 1990 to control arms of the cold war. It put limitation on the use of weapons, tanks, heavy artillery .When communism was over that treaty revised in 1999 to satisfy Russia some, but NATO didn't accept it. Anyway the treaty of missile defense and CFE have potentials to create irritation .US challenging all issues in Middle East faces a big one now .It seems the suspension is one of the actions Russia takes time to time to show its power and a kind of warning to the US .It is still in there the old fear of cold war which overshadowed those years, maybe the names are changed but the weapons are still there!