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[Regnum] Washington continues to count on concluding a new agreement with Moscow on the Strategic Offensive Arms Treaty (START) after 2026. This was announced on July 15 by Andrew Gebara, Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategic Deterrence and Nuclear Integration of the US Air Force.
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“There is absolute hope for a new nuclear non-proliferation agreement,” he said during a webinar, commenting on the possibility of extending the Russian-American START, which expires in 2026.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on February 21, 2023, that Russia was suspending its participation in the START. The Russian leader pointed out that the United States, through NATO, was making demands on Russia on the START, demanding that Moscow comply with all of its points, while they themselves intended to behave as they wished.
Putin also stressed that Russia must be ready to conduct nuclear weapons tests if the United States conducts such tests first.
In March of the same year, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov stated that Moscow does not see any signs of a change in Washington's destructive position on strategic stability. At the same time, Ryabkov did not rule out the possibility of Russia continuing contacts with the United States on the START issue.
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