Suspension of the offensive arms reduction treaty (START III) Russia tried to take revenge on US President Joe Biden for visiting Kiev, but made it worse for itself. About this in an exclusive comment for ZN. UA was told by the head of the department of the National Institute for Strategic Studies Oleksiy Izhak.

Recall that on February 21, during his " This provides for the lack of control over the build-up and proliferation of nuclear weapons..

" He had no other opportunity to give an answer, because for him the visit of the US President to Kyiv was a surprise. However, Putin responded in such a way that it would become worse for Moscow itself.. Russia forced the United States to look for other formats of nuclear control or a new negotiating format,"

Izhak adds that there are different ways out of this situation.. One of them is that the US and allies will try to persuade Russia to return to the implementation of the treaty.. However, if this fails, the US will offer a new negotiation process to China..

When it starts, Russia itself will "

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" In this way, Putin tried to strike at what the Biden administration considered very valuable, because transparency in nuclear weapons issues is of great importance for the United States,” says Alexei Izhak.

The expert adds that if Russia refuses elements of transparency in the nuclear sphere, it risks not seeing how the US nuclear forces are changing.. This is how Putin harms himself.

Previously on ZN. UA published an article by the head of the department of the National Institute for Strategic Studies Oleksiy Izhak - "