Ryabkov: Russia will not freeze its nuclear arsenals alone

As he pointed out to TASS, Moscow will not take such a step to persuade the United States to extend the Treaty on Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (START).

“No, we are not ready to do this.

Why on earth?

They announce colossal programs to develop their nuclear potential, and in these conditions we cannot do this, ”he said.

Earlier, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that Russia, in principle, agreed to freeze its nuclear arsenal.

As the diplomat noted, the current START III treaty limits 45% of Russia's nuclear arsenal and 92% of the US arsenal.

On October 20, the Russian Foreign Ministry said that Moscow, proposing to extend the START treaty for a year, is ready, together with the United States, to freeze the number of nuclear warheads.