Putin intervened to state clearly and directly that a one-year extension of the New START treaty was the only option. The White House declined, setting the stage for a new arms race should Trump win in November.
Less than a week after US-Russian talks on the future of the New START treaty collapsed – amid recriminations from both sides stemming from a misunderstanding, whether deliberate or otherwise, regarding Moscow’s position – President Vladimir Putin intervened in a high-profile bid to inject both clarity and a sense of urgency about the future viability of the last remaining arms control agreement between Russia and the US.
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