"This is a step in response": US stops the transmission of nuclear data - CNN

"Yesterday we had further interaction with Russia, insisting that by the end of the month there should be an exchange of data every six months, according to the treaty. Russia answered that they will not provide this information. They will provide information in response, " - said Space Policy Defense Assistant John Plyamb. According to him, the US will continue to study what diplomatic countermeasures are appropriate for the nuclear state.

"What we try to do is balance the reaction to the irresponsible behavior of Russia, but continue to demonstrate what, in our opinion, the actions of a responsible nuclear state should be," he said. The US considers the decision not to provide data in response to Russia's actions "a legal counter -commission aimed at encouraging Russia to return to the treaty compliance.

" During his speech with the message to the Federal Assembly on February 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that his country was suspended in a contract with the United States on non -proliferation of offensive weapons (DSU). At the same time, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation said that Russia will continue to comply with some of the restrictions specified in the document.

The department also emphasized that the decision to suspend participation in the DSno could be reversible. The US State Department statement of March 15 states that the words of Vladimir Putin about "suspension of participation" in the contract of DSSno is legally incorrect. American diplomats also noted that the Russian Federation violates the terms of the agreement.

We will remind, on March 25, Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that from April 3, Russia began the construction of a storage facility for nuclear weapons in Belarus. According to the head of the Kremlin, the work should end on July 1, 2023. We also wrote that the response of the event to Putin's statement about nuclear weapons was ambiguous.

In particular, the Pentagon stated that they did not see the signs that Moscow is preparing to use nuclear weapons, and the German Foreign Ministry accused Moscow of nuclear intimidation. On March 26, the White House Coordinator John Kirby said the United States of America did not see the signs of nuclear weapons in Russia. On March 27, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China stated that Beijing did not approve of Russia's intention to place tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus.