'The U.S. military is clearly itching to get into Russian bases which store nuclear weapons,' Russian Ambassador Anatoly Antonov told Newsweek.
The crucial agreement, known as the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty , has increasingly eroded since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, when mutual on-site inspections were paused. These visits failed to resume in the wake of Russia's war in Ukraine, as Moscow argued that sanctions effectively prevented personnel from traveling to the U.S.
That date was established on the eve of the treaty's previous expiration date in February 2021, when Biden, shortly after taking office, took up Putin's offer to extend the treaty for five years without conditions. "The anti-Russian coalition has taken on an obvious nuclear dimension," Antonov said."The member states of the NATO military block, which openly positions itself as a nuclear alliance and actively pursues nuclear sharing missions, are increasingly speaking with one voice on issues of strategic stability. A striking example is the support of the allied states for the U.S. position on New START—an agreement in which they do not participate.
"As a result of Russia's noncompliance with its New START Treaty obligations and as a lawful countermeasure intended to encourage Russia to return to compliance with the Treaty, the United States will not provide its biannual data update to Russia," the spokesperson added."The United States informed Russia in advance of this step. In the interest of strategic stability, the United States will continue to promote public transparency on our nuclear force levels and posture.
"Aside from the biannual data exchange," the spokesperson added,"the United States continues to provide all required notifications under the New START Treaty." The deal, which is a successor to the original START signed by Moscow and Washington months before the collapse of the USSR, was negotiated at a time when Antonov said"the state of bilateral relations was quite different" between the world's two top nuclear weapons powers.
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