Nuland on New START nuclear treaty

“[Putin] did not ‘withdraw’ from the START treaty, he ‘suspended’ it. We’re still trying to understand what that means in practical terms but the thing that’s most important to know is that Russia has not been fulfilling its inspection obligations under the treaty for at least two years… This treaty is of at least equal value to Russia because they are not in a position now to be rebuilding nuclear weapons and frankly we have no interest or intent in doing that ourselves.” – Victoria Nuland