“It is difficult to say how much this information (about the upcoming withdrawal from the contract) is true. So far, the United States has not taken practical steps to exit, ”RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.

He noted that “there is a feeling that any of the remaining arms control agreements could suddenly become a victim of US impulsive actions.”

Earlier, Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev commented on the United States withdrawing from the INF Treaty, as well as the possible withdrawal of the United States from the Open Skies Treaty.