The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. July 29, 2014 U.S. Accuses Russia of Violating Arms Treaty --------------------------------------------- In another escalation of U.S.-Russia tensions, the United States has accused Russia of violating a Cold War-era arms treaty by testing a ground-launched cruise missile that is banned under the 1987 accord. The New York Times reports Russia began testing the missile as far back as 2008. .