Kremlin-Last Remnants Of Arms Control Agreements w/US Disappearing

Wires reporting comments from Kremlin spox Dimitri Peskov has stated that the 'last remnants' of any arms control agreements between Russia and the United States are disappearing. On 18 May, US Senator Tom Cotton (R-AK) introduced a bill with the support of nine other GOP senators seeking to withdraw the US from the New START treaty.

• Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL): “Treaties aren’t effective when one party lies and cheats. We’ve seen evidence for the last decade that Russia is no longer honoring its obligations under the New START Treaty. It is irresponsible and dangerous for America to unilaterally limit itself in the face of growing hostility abroad, including from the Chinese Communist Party,”
• In February, Russian President Vladimir Putin officially suspended his country's participation in New START.Andoulou Agency outlines the treaty's restrictions: "The treaty limits the number of deployed missiles and bombers to 700, deployed warheads (including multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles and bombers) to 1,550, and deployed and non-deployed launchers – missile tubes and bombers – to 800."
• The two nations have already stopped sharing nuclear data with one another. While the Biden administration has not given any signal that it intends to withdraw from New START, and the Cotton bill is unlikely to make it past the Senate, the trend towards fewer nuclear arms control treaties inevitably raises geopolitical risks worldwide.