Russian President’s Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov said that he was aware of the message sent by Russian President Vladimir Putin to the Bundestag about the US decision to suspend Moscow’s participation in the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START). TASS.
Asked whether Russia had warned the United States ahead of time that Putin would announce such a decision today, a Kremlin spokesman said “No”.
He also answered positively to the question whether the USA learned of such a step like everyone else from the message of the Russian president to the parliament.
On February 21, Putin delivered his speech in the Bundestag. announcedSuspension of participation of the Russian Federation in START.
Dmitry Medvedev, then Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of Russia declarationThat the United States “got what it deserved” for implementing a “stupid anti-Russian policy”, which meant the Russian Federation’s participation in this treaty was suspended.