Russia is dissatisfied with the U.S.’s fulfillment of its obligations in the sphere of the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, the Foreign Ministry said on Saturday.
The statement said that “in the period of the validity of START 1, Russia’s concerns in regard to the observance of the treaty by the U.S. were not allayed”.
“Russia has more than once expressed its concerns in connection with the unsanctioned reequipping of five ICBM launch facilities for international ballistic missiles at a testing ground at the Vandenberg [Air Force Base] with interceptor missiles, something that goes against the terms of the treaty,” the statement said.
The statement also said the reequipping of U.S. heavy bombers was cause for concern.
It also said the U.S. had violated a number of other terms of the treaty, including on chemical and biological weapons. RIA Novosti
