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Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin during his State of the Union address in Moscow
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced that Russia is suspending its participation in the New Start nuclear weapons control treaty with the United States.
This is what Putin said towards the end of his State of the Union address to the Federal Assembly on Monday in Moscow.
This is a suspension and not an exit, he specified.
The »New Start« agreement, which came into force on February 5, 2011, limits the nuclear arsenals of Russia and the USA to 800 delivery systems and 1,550 operational nuclear warheads each.
It was initially closed for a period of ten years.
In 2021, Moscow and Russia signed a five-year extension.
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