Putin also said that Russia should stand ready to resume nuclear weapons tests if the US does so, a move that would end a global ban on nuclear weapons tests in place since Cold War times.
Russian President Vladimir Putin says that Moscow is suspending its participation in the last remaining nuclear arms control pact with the United States.Russian President Vladimir Putin declared Tuesday that Moscow was suspending its participation in the New START treaty - the last remaining nuclear arms control pact with the United States - sharply upping the ante amid tensions with Washington over the fighting in Ukraine.
Explaining his decision to suspend Russia's obligations under New START, Putin accused the U.S. and its NATO allies of openly declaring the goal of Russia's defeat in Ukraine. "The drones used for it were equipped and modernized with NATO's expert assistance," Putin said. "And now they want to inspect our defense facilities? In the conditions of today's confrontation, it sounds like sheer nonsense."
The New START treaty, signed in 2010 by U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, limits each country to no more than 1,550 deployed nuclear warheads and 700 deployed missiles and bombers. The agreement envisages sweeping on-site inspections to verify compliance.
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