MOSCOW: Russia will keep observing a moratorium on breaching the limits of the New START nuclear treaty with the United States as long as Washington continues to do the same, state news agency TASS quoted Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as saying on Wednesday. The treaty, which set caps on deployed missiles and warheads, expired on February 5.

MOSCOW: Russia will keep observing a moratorium on breaching the limits of the New START nuclear treaty with the United States as long as Washington continues to do the…

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

All Russian positions, which were articulated in connection with the treaty’s expiration, were clearly outlined in the statement issued by the Russian Foreign Ministry on February…