Russia says it will stick to limits of expired nuclear treaty if US does

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov did not say why he believed the US would respect the limits set out in New START.

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Russia has said it will abide by limits on its nuclear weapons as set out in a lapsed arms control treaty with the United States, as long as Washington continues to do the same.

The New START agreement expired earlier this month, leaving the world’s two biggest nuclear-armed powers with no binding constraints on their strategic arsenals for the first time in more than half a century and sparking fears of a new global arms race.