U.S. to Fund Russian Nuclear Security Despite Ukraine Sanctions

U.S. to Fund Russian Nuclear Security Despite Ukraine Sanctions | Washington Free Beacon
"The Energy Department plans to spend more than $60 million in Russia for nuclear security activities at the same time U.S. and European Union sanctions are punishing Moscow for aggression against Ukraine.

The Energy Department’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), which is in charge of nuclear arms and nuclear security, has budgeted the funds to be spent this year through an international organization called the Multilateral Nuclear Environmental Program in Russia (MNEPR), a little-known group, said administration officials familiar with the funding plan.

It is not clear how the funds will be used. 
One official said talks between U.S. and Russian officials were held earlier this year regarding a program to remove nuclear material dumped in the Arctic Ocean by the Russians as waste fuel.
A second official said the funds would be used for an array of talks and other “feel good” measures on nuclear nonproliferation with the Russians..."