The US saw no reason to change its nuclear policy after Russia's decision on START

President Vladimir Putin earlier announced the suspension of Russia's participation in START-3. US Secretary of StateAnthony Blinken called the decision "irresponsible" and regrettable

The United States sees no reason to change its nuclear policy after Russia's decision to suspend its participation in the Strategic Offensive Arms Treaty (START-3), State Department spokesman Ned Price told CNN.

“We see no reason yet to change our nuclear policy, our strategic policy,” he said (quoted by The Guardian).

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According to him, it is not yet clear whether Moscow's decision will have practical significance. In a State Department report, which The Wall Street Journal wrote about in late January, Washington considered Russia's refusal to conduct inspections and meetings to discuss the agreement a violation of START-3. In this regard, Price said that the United States intends to monitor what steps "in fact" Moscow will take.

During his address to the Federal Message on February 21, President Vladimir Putin announced the suspension of Moscow's participation in the joint START-3 treaty with Washington. He attributed this to the fact that the United States and NATO, according to him, seek to inflict a strategic defeat on RUSSIA, and Washington refuses to conduct inspections under the agreement. Putin also said that in the event of a return to START-3, it would first be necessary to take into account the arsenals of Great Britain and France, which are part of NATO's combined strike potential.

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken called Russia's decision "irresponsible" and deeply regrettable. Washington, he said, is still ready to discuss with Moscow issues of arms limitation at any moment.

Russia and the United States signed the START-3 treaty in 2010. It provides for a limit for the parties to the agreement on the number of ready-to-use nuclear warheads, deployed intercontinental ballistic missiles and installations for them, as well as strategic missile-carrying bombers. START-3 entered into force in 2011, and by the end of the term in 2021, it was extended for another five years, until February 5, 2026.

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The treaty's mutual inspections between Russia and the United States were suspended in 2020 due to the covid-19 pandemic . In August 2022, the Foreign Ministry announced an attempt by the United States to resume inspection activities on terms that create unilateral advantages for Washington, and de facto deprive Moscow of the right to inspect American facilities.

In late November - early December 2022, consultations between Russia and the United States on nuclear issues were scheduled in Cairo, but shortly before they began, the Russian Foreign Ministry notified that the negotiations were postponed to a later date.