Apart from the continuing practice of implementing unilateral sanctions against Russia, the US recently engaged in ending binding arms control treaties, with the New START being the only one still in force after Washington ditched the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) and the Open Skies treaties with Moscow.
Relations between Russia and the US have deteriorated to “virtually” their lowest point in history and the overall situation is “dire”, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov has stated.
Russian President Vladimir Putin separately commented on the state of US-Russian relations, saying that they are heavily affected by the domestic political processes within the US. He added that the very same processes are also taking their toll on the rest of the world as the US remains the biggest economy and the biggest country in terms of military and nuclear might.
The president went on to highlight the continuing “standoff in the global economic arena” and opined that the use of economic measures, tariffs, or sanctions as a tool of containing competitor-states will continue by the countries, who “deem themselves global leaders and want to maintain these positions”.
Little Progress Made in Maintaining Arms Control
Speaking about the situation concerning global strategic stability, the Kremlin spokesman noted that Russian and American experts are currently establishing contact to discuss arms control treaties, but added…
