The “New Start Treaty” expires the first week of February.
Has Russia lived up to renewing it?
Russia should stop the Russian generated propaganda about the radicalized attack within the USA Capital and concern itself with the oppression of free speech and wrongful imprisonment of Alexis Navalny. He is a walking miracle for surviving a poisoning carried out by a criminal network in Russia.
Russia is and has exhibited the inability to safely conduct a nuclear program at all. There needs to be strict limits on incompetent practices within any renewal of the “New Start Treaty.” Russia’s priorities are very strange to allow such unsecured tests. It is questionable as to the skill level of Russian nuclear scientists after their radiation poisoning and deaths.
There needs to be an international reporting of such activities leading to greater non-proliferation. Serious questions must be asked of the Russian program. A review of the credentials and experience of Russian nuclear scientists must be submitted for international review.
Russia has recently expelled two Dutch diplomats and has cancelled the Open Skies Treaty.
If their is no real competent Russian nuclear program then the New Start Treaty is mute except to oppress the USA and the West’s program.
The USSR had a competent program. That has deteriorated under the prolonged rule of Putin. Ukraine had all the nuclear scientists.
The Dutch incident is quid pro quo. The Dutch diplomats were never the problem. The real problem came from Russian diplomats that were outside their official duties. I think the Dutch incident should put all Western countries on alert to inappropriate use of Russian diplomats operating outside their official duties. Putin is not trustworthy.
