China News Service, February 21. According to the Russian Satellite News Agency, on the 21st local time, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in his State of the Union speech that Russia will suspend its participation in the "New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty" previously signed with the United States.

On February 21, 2023 local time, Russian President Vladimir Putin is delivering a State of the Union speech.

  Putin said NATO's demand that Russia return to the terms of the New START treaty, including allowing inspections of nuclear facilities, was "an absurd drama".

Putin said that before returning to discussing New START, we should understand how to consider the nuclear arsenals of France and the United Kingdom.

  Putin also stated that there is news that the United States is considering conducting an actual nuclear weapons test.

Once the United States is the first to do so, then the Russian Ministry of Defense and Rosatom should also prepare to conduct nuclear weapons tests.

  Statistics show that the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty was signed by the United States and Russia in 2010 and entered into force on February 5, 2011, valid for 10 years.

After the US-Russia INF Treaty expired in 2019, this treaty has become the only arms control treaty between the two countries.

  On February 3, 2021, Russia and the United States exchanged diplomatic notes and completed the relevant internal procedures of the agreement to extend the validity period of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, which will take effect immediately.

The validity period of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty was extended to February 5, 2026, and the content of the treaty remained unchanged.

  On August 8, 2022, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that Russia has notified the United States through diplomatic channels that it has decided to temporarily withdraw from the facility verification mechanism of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, and withdraw relevant Russian facilities from the verification activities stipulated in the treaty. .

In November 2022, the United States and Russia discussed resuming the implementation of the facility inspection mechanism under the framework of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, but no agreement was reached.