DefenceTalkRussian lawmakers on Wednesday unanimously approved the suspension of Moscow’s participation in the New START arms treaty, which President Vladimir Putin announced a day earlier. New START, the last nuclear arms control pact between Russia and the United States, commits them to limiting their stockpile of nuclear warheads. The backing by both chambers of Russia’s […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russian-deputies-back-putin-over-nuclear-arms-treaty-79888/

DefenceTalkPresident Vladimir Putin said on Thursday (Jun 6) Russia was prepared to drop a nuclear weapons treaty with the US and warned of “global catastrophe” if Washington keeps dismantling an international arms control regime. Speaking to heads of international news agencies at an economic forum in the city of Saint Petersburg, Putin said Washington showed […]https://www.defencetalk.com/putin-says-russia-prepared-to-drop-start-nuclear-arms-treaty-with-us-72315/