“This step is, of course, important.
The decision, let me remind you, is about suspension, not withdrawal from this treaty.
And the federal law, which was signed today by the president, gives him the right to make decisions on returning to the regime of compliance with the treaty, if circumstances arise for this, ”he specified.
According to the interlocutor of RT, this decision clearly captures "the firm commitment of the Russian side to implement any agreements in the field of strategic stability and arms control solely on the principles laid down in these agreements."
“The main principle is the principle of indivisibility of security and equal obligations of the parties participating in the agreement to comply with it.
It was the actions of the American side that made it impossible to maintain Russian participation.
Circumstances have changed and Russia has taken advantage of international law,” he added.
Kosachev also stressed that reverse changes are possible "only in the case of a fundamentally different approach to their obligations on the American side."
“So far, we do not see such changes even in some kind of distant promotion,” the senator specified.
Earlier, Putin signed a law on the suspension of Russia's participation in the New START Treaty.
On February 21, the President of Russia announced that Moscow was suspending its participation in the New START Treaty.
He noted that a situation in which the US military is at Russian nuclear facilities, while the US is fueling a further escalation of the Ukrainian conflict, is simply impossible.