Russian President today commented on the situation, which deals with issues of strategic stability. Vladimir Putin noted, that the situation was aggravated by a serious way in connection with the suspension of the United States of America of its participation in the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty. Recall, Moscow on the same day (2 February) SLR took measures. The President instructed to begin the development of intermediate-range and shorter-range ground-based.
Vladimir Putin today expressed their attitude to the situation in a letter to representatives of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Text, presented on the occasion of the Day of Russia diprabotnika, I read Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov:
Greater attention should be given questions of strategic stability in view of the, that the arms control regime and non-proliferation is now being challenged.
The very phrase "challenged", which is used to handle the supreme commander, says, the situation is perceived in the Kremlin very seriously. After all, by and large, we are witnessing a complete scrapping of the system, who lined up for decades, including after the end of World War II. Today, no international norm, the US actions showed, They are not immutable. Go frank invasion of foreign states, Recognized as a leader in these countries illegitimate policy, committed (in fact) outputs of the basic treaties, including the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. The United Nations is close to the recognition of its own incapacity to modern challenges. Naturally, this can not but cause concern.
