“We said that we are ready for negotiations and we are ready for the extension of negotiations between the US and Russia. We do not see any initiative on the part of our American partners, ”he noted.
According to him, if this treaty also ceases to exist, then, in fact, there will be no tools in the world at all that will restrain the arms race.
At the end of May, Putin submitted a bill to the State Duma on the suspension of the INF.
The Russian leader emphasized that Russia would not be drawn into the arms race against the background of the US exit from the INF Treaty.