Mihail Ulyanov, Russia’s permanent representative in international organizations in Vienna, said that the prerequisites for talking about the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) can arise only if the US abandons its hostile policy towards the Russian Federation. Ulyanov said this in an interview DEA News.
He described the Russian side’s demands in this regard as “modest, understandable and absolutely justified”.
“We need the United States to abandon its hostile policy towards the Russian Federation, and then there will be preconditions for talking about START,” said Ulyanov.
Former Deputy Head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Ryabkov declarationThat the Russian Federation today has no common ground with the United States on the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START). Ryabkov will note that there is no longer any reason to discuss START with the United States.
February 28 Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the law On the suspension of Russia’s participation in START. According to Putin, Moscow should clearly understand what other nuclear states that are members of NATO are claiming before returning to the discussion of continuing to work under New START.