The treaty, the last surviving arms control agreement between the world’s two largest nuclear-armed powers, limits Russia and the US to 1,550 nuclear weapons each.
When President Vladimir Putin announced at the end of a 100-minute speech on Tuesday that he would suspend Russia’s participation in the New START treaty – the last surviving arms control agreement between the two largest nuclear-armed powers – it was the latest sign that the decades-long era of formal arms control may be dying.
Russian President Vladimir Putin during his annual state of the nation address on Tuesday. AP
