Russia Not to Resume Nuclear Arms Reduction Talks Until Washington Listens to Moscow

Russia will not resume participation in the Start nuclear arms reduction treaty with the United States until Washington listens to Moscow’s position, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in remarks published on Tuesday.

President Vladimir Putin last week delivered a warning to the West over the war in Ukraine and announced Russia’s decision to suspend participation in the latest Start treaty, after accusing the West of being directly involved in attempts to strike its strategic air bases, Reuters reported.

Peskov told the daily Izvestia in an interview that the “attitude of the collective West (towards Moscow)”, led by the US, needs to change.

“The security of one country cannot be ensured at the expense of the security of another,” he added.

He said NATO, by arming Ukraine, “acts as a single bloc no longer as our conditional opponents, but as enemies”.