the Chairman of the Federation Council Commission on information policy Alexei Pushkov has evaluated the possibility of extending the Contract with the United States on strategic offensive arms (start-3).
the Preservation of this key document – the only system of nuclear arms control that has not been ruined by Washington – will test whether the recent statements of President Donald trump rhetoric or is he really willing to subject the steps the Senator said in an interview with “Parlamentskaya Gazeta”.
Pushkov said that the American leader insists on China’s accession to the new agreement, but Beijing rejected this idea. According to the Senator, so the US is trying to advance to absolve themselves of responsibility for the failure of negotiations either want Moscow itself has persuaded Beijing to take part in them.
start-3, signed in 2010, is the only existing agreement between Russia and the USA on the limitation of armaments. The agreement expires in February 2021. Earlier, representatives of the Democratic party, called on trump to negotiate with Moscow on the extension of the start-3. According to them, it’s time the President listen to the voice of reason, to the experts and allies, who recognize that this document is an integral pillar of security.
