The U.S. State Department has accused Russia of breaching a critical nuclear arms treaty by refusing to allow inspections of its territory.
The treaty, called the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty or New START, is the only form of control of the world's largest stocks of nuclear weapons.to defend Ukraine in October. Western leaders say the danger of those threats has diminished since then, according to the Washington Post, but they may be cause for concern once again considering Russia's alleged noncompliance.New START is one of the last remnants of the Cold War, the peak of the U.S.
Among these agreements are limits on the number of nuclear weapons, data exchanges, on-site inspections and regular meetings to ensure compliance. Russia restricted American inspectors from accessing its nuclear arsenal last August in response to U.S.-imposed travel restrictions, according to Reuters, but said it would continue to observe other agreements within New START. In November, Russia postponed a meeting about the treaty.Russia rejects the allegations of noncompliance, The Moscow Times reported, saying the U.S. is at fault for weakening the treaty.
The ambassador even accused the U.S. of breaching the pact with "the illegitimate removal of more than a hundred strategic weapons from the accountability under the treaty."
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