In his state-of-the-nation address Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin blamed the West for provoking and prolonging the war in Ukraine and announced that he had suspended Moscow’s participation in the START treaty, Russia’s last remaining nuclear arms control pact with the United States. The Russian leader also called out western elites he accused of targeting Russian culture, saying their decadence will lead “to a real spiritual disaster.”
The treaty, signed by the U.S. and Russia in 2010, places limits on the number intercontinental-range nuclear weapons the two sides can deploy. Putin said Russia could resume nuclear weapons tests if the United States does so.
Following Putin’s speech, however, Russia said “it will respect the caps on nuclear weapons under the New START nuclear arms control treaty with the U.S. even after President Vladimir Putin suspended Moscow’s participation in the pact,” according to the AP. The Russian Foreign Ministry also noted that […]
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