Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said that the United States manipulated data on strategic offensive weapons (START). Press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.
In his view, attempts by Western countries to gain political points by learning about the extent of their nuclear potential are “blatant hypocrisy.” The figures they declare are “mostly fictitious or contingent,” according to the diplomat.
“In particular, the US START data recently released by the US Department of State are misleading, as before, due to their inconsistency with the START counting rules, which Washington is stubbornly trying to circumvent with unscrupulous manipulations,” Ryabkov said.
“As a result, he noted that a significant potential remains “out of brackets” – more than 100 strategic offensive weapons, which should be covered by the Strategic Assault Weapons Reduction and Limitation Treaty (START or START III), officials in the United States “outwardly destined to very caring ».
Ryabkov in early May declarationThe withdrawal of the USA from the Treaty on the Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Weapons will not affect the Russian Federation’s position on this issue.
At the end of April, US Ambassador to Moscow Lynn Tracy said that the US authorities were determined to implement the New START Treaty with Russia.