New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty initially contributed to discouraging the strategic arms race, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in connection with the document’s expiration

The New START Treaty was signed by the Russian and US presidents, Dmitry Medvedev and Barack Obama, in Prague on April 8, 2010

The New Start treaty has limited the number of deployed strategic nuclear warheads for both countries.

New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty initially contributed to discouraging the strategic arms race, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in connection with the document’s expiration

The expiry of New START jeopardizes global nuclear stability, leaving the U.S. and Russia without binding arms control measures.

The expired agreement between Moscow and Washington came into effect in 2011

Russia plans to act cautiously and analyze the US steps, the Foreign Ministry says