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MOSCOW, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Russia has suspended the Cold War-era Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty after a similar move by the United States, President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday, also instructing the government not to initiate disarmament talks with Washington.
Moscow's relations with the West have been at their lowest over a number of issues, including Russia's annexation of Crimea from Ukraine as well as allegations of it meddling with the presidential election in the U.S. and being behind a nerve agent attack in Britain.
The row over the INF treaty is yet another twist in Russia's worsening relations with the United States and the West on the whole.
"The American partners have declared that they suspend their participation in the deal, we suspend it as well," Putin said during a televised meeting with foreign and defense ministers.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/putin-russia-suspends-inf-nuclear-deal-with-us/ar-BBT4mPy?li=BBnbfcL
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)played into his hands.
lindysalsagal
(20,793 posts)Is that destructive enough for you? Do you think that will tell off the "elitist" politicians enough????
Or, in your flat-earth pre-stone-age brains do you believe that we should actually detonate a couple of the warheads, too???
BECAUSE THAT WOULD MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER ABOUT YOUR IGNORANT, STUPID, HATEFUL, INSECURE SELF?????
shockey80
(4,379 posts)Putin wants to bring back the Soviet Union and Trump is helping him.
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)FakeNoose
(32,912 posts)... they'd have to give up their billions they stole from the Russian people. Putin and the oligarchs are quite happy with the way things are going now. It's just those pesky Magnitsky sanctions that are messing up their good time.
shanny
(6,709 posts)and can't just be unilaterally rescinded by the preznit
or is this just another case of the McTurtle and co not doing their jobs?