Russia said on Monday that it was not possible to hold nuclear arms control talks with the US unless Washington changes its “highly hostile” policies toward Moscow.
“We see no point in engaging in strategic dialogue with Washington unless it involves comprehensive efforts to reduce overall conflict levels, respects Russia’s fundamental interests, and focuses on resolving the fundamental security contradictions created by the United States and NATO,” said Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova.
Zakharova made the comments when asked about the possibility of the US and Russia holding talks on a potential treaty to replace New START, the last arms control treaty between the two powers, which is due to expire in 2026.
Russia suspended its participation in New START last year in response to a Ukrainian drone attack on a facility housing Russian nuclear weapons, which Moscow said was supported by the US and NATO. NATO sources told Asia Times that the Ukrainian drones used US satellite GPS data to hit their targets.
While Russia suspended its participation in New START, both the US and Russia are still complying with the limits the treaty sets on the deployment of nuclear warheads, which is capped at 1,550.
A Russian source told the Russian newspaper Izvestia that Moscow would not sign another New START treaty. “We have suspended our participation in the New START Treaty because of Washington’s actions. And we will not sign any new agreement, as doing so would only inflate the ego of the US,” the source said.
The collapse of New START came after the Trump administration pulled out of two other arms control treaties: the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, which banned medium-range land-based missile systems, and the Open Skies Treaty, which allowed unarmed surveillance flights over participating countries.
Russia tried to salvage both treaties, offering the Biden administration to restore Open Skies and a moratorium on the deployment of INF-range missiles in Europe. The administration rebuffed both offers, and the US recently announced its plans to deploy missiles previously banned by the INF to Germany by 2026.
LOL. What a joke. Russia invades Ukraine and blames the USA for all the problems.
Yes, what a joke, U.S. pulls out of the ABM Treaty, INF Treaty, Open Skies Treaty, provokes Russia with constant arming of countries pulled into NATO, countries on Russia's borders. For good measure, the U.S. under the Biden administration did not seek to head off the incursion (to protect the Russian speaking Ukraine citizens in Donbas) in December, 2021. IN 1991, the end of the Cold War was at hand. Russian President shook hands with the U.S. President, with the U.S. promising that NATO would not move one inch East. And, Russia wanted to join the Western Alliance as an equal. We told Russia to go pound sand.
So yeah, it is a joke, a tragic joke that could have been avoided if we had an administration that had one scintilla of diplomacy.
"Russia invades Ukraine and blames the USA for all the problems." That's his story, and he's stickin' to it. Over and over.
NATO NEVER PROMISED 1 INCH EASTWARDS
NEXT YOU'RE GOING to be claiming that Wuhledar was somehow an important city that we will collapse without
spoiler: It isn't
“NATO NEVER PROMISED 1 INCH EASTWARDS”
Putting a falsehood in all upper case letters doesn’t magically cause it to become true.
https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/russia-programs/2017-12-12/nato-expansion-what-gorbachev-heard-western-leaders-early
i looked at that website for a project
sigh
heyy butbutbut
the talks were with Gorbecheav not with yeltsin and before the ussr collapsed
Not even a good try.
was the agreement binding?
was it an officiated notorised promise?
I’m a notor and I would have never notorised that
Clearly the agreement was no more “binding” than the Ukrainian referendum on independence.
well declarations of independence tend to be binding
The war in Ukraine was caused by
a) domestic, nationalism: aggressions of ukrainian extreme nationalists including ukrainian Nazis against ethnic russian Ukrainians and other russian-oriented Ukrainians;
b) international, geopolitical: aggressions of the US regime, english and eanadian politicians, NATO, political bodies of the EU and european politicians, against Russia.
That was offensive aggression.
Excellent summation, tho Major Burns doesn't care.
He's an apologist for the Apartheid State of Israel (and a s**t one, at that) and if he's being paid to lie, he's "stealing company time" with off-topic mutterings.
the war started because putin couldn't take the L
some actions of the "liberators" in my east include:
Forced passportisation of Ukrainians in Donbass
Forced cultural cleansing
Harsh punishment for teaching Ukrainian
Forced russification of the temporarily occupied territory
need i say more?
You're lying again.
You really like to leave chunks of history out to somehow make this all about one day in history. Did you read the part about Trump dropping out of treaties and Biden "rebuffing" any offers to restore them? Apparently not.
it's russia what else could you expect?
but it's ok it works well with the Russian domestic abuse mindset
"YoU fOrCeD mE tO dO wHaT i DiD!!"
Another indication of Russia's stupidity. If they don't allow us to inspect their nuclear missiles, how are we supposed to kill them first? Totally unacceptable.
"…both the US and Russia are still complying with the limits…. which is capped at 1,550." Anyone willing to bet if this is true?
I'm told that in some places (vacation spots in Mexico) where people build a vacation home, one only pays property taxes when the house is complete. So wise owners have contractors cease building at some trivial point (leaving rebar untrimmed or an unseen corner of the house unfinished) such that the house isn't complete (and never will be), avoiding fees.
I bet both the RF and USA have thousands more warheads just missing one simple small click-in-place component that makes each missile a "conventional warhead with a radioactive Guidance Core System" and not a "nuclear missile as defined by Exactly What The Treaty Specifies Exactly."
Good one.
Another indication of Russia's stupidity. Do they think they can threaten us by pulling out of nuclear treaties until "US Changes ‘Hostile’ Policies?" We're the ones who pulled out of nuclear treaties.
Another indication of Russia's stupidity. "…as doing so would only inflate the ego of the US.” Our ego cannot inflate any further.
Another indication of Russia's stupidity. They're not signing nuclear treaties because of our "highly hostile policies" is exactly the same reason why we ourselves are pulling out of nuclear treaties.
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yes they are stupid thanks for that
i didn't read the rest
How does one talk to an insane liar who believes its lies?
You speak to them through the two holes in the back of their head.
They don't believe their lies. No one can possibly be that stupid.
who are we scared of?
Russia?
The country where 20% of the population has to sh*t in an outhouse because they have no indoor plumbing?
North Korea?
Pitiful
Iran?
With the régime of the "ayatollah" where they wave around their pathetic flag and chant death to israel with their weak drones and missiles?
China? The only credible threat to the world as it is?
The only reason Russia attack us is because they see no reaction from the West!
After the US simply walked away from the hard-won JCPOA with Iran, why should the Russians- anyone nation in the world, for that matter- think the word of Washington is good any longer? Why would Russia think we're going to limit our offensive weapons simply because of a signature on a piece of paper? We have never signed a treaty or any agreement we haven't been ready to break at the drop of a hat if it was in the interest of someone's agenda to do so.
But let East Oboga or some other nation break a treaty or agreement with the US because it's in their interest to do so, and all of a sudden you've got a 'rogue regime' replete with 'human rights violations' and 'harboring international terrorists' (and all of those 'international terrorists' will no doubt show up on a dodgy laptop crammed with kiddie porn or some such 'evidence of crimes'). The US, clearly in the interest of world peace, will no doubt be forced to bomb tiny East Oboga back into the stone age (and by that, I mean last week) to protect the 'rules-based international order'.
"The Word of Washington"… US and Israel are the world's leading terrorists, and masters of genocide. We should be so proud to be from such a noble nation as ours.
ASG's been updated to include more comprehensive thoughts on Ukraine. Some good parts on Zionism and 9/11 as well, if you haven't read in a few weeks. Control + F "July 4" is easiest to skip ahead:
https://roninhardjan.substack.com/p/americas-shadow-government-behind
Talk now, when billions of people are still alive, when radiation doesn't drift with the wind and fall in the rain, when most of civilisation isn't in ruins.
Both sides are going to talk, to negotiate, to find peace at some point. Why wait until after, when RIGHT NOW is the best time ? Before things go too far ?
Why would Russia ever trust America again?
Puppet of obama Joey Biden put a nail in the coffin of diplomatic relations with many countries over the past three years.
America's future will become nasty brutish and short if they push further FAFO.
average rus talking points
muh FAFO
muh nukes!
muh scary!
Gilbert Doctorow presented interesting triangulation points regarding Isramerica's proxy interests in the Middle East and Ukraine.
If the Americans escalated in Russia with nuclear-armed JASSAMS and Israel exercised "some restraint" in Lebanon and Iran, would Russia be compelled under their nuclear doctrine to launch nuclear attacks against Israel for being a US ally? Russia's nuclear riposte against America is a given.
When and if Israel escalates against Iran and Lebanon which stimulates Russia and Iran to launch nuclear strikes against Israel, it reasons that Russia would launch nuclear strikes on America's mainland. This assumes the United States' position in Ukraine hasn't devolved regarding the aforementioned JASSAM missile launches into Russia and hasn't met Russia's criteria for escalation.
As for other NATO countries, it's guilt by association.