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Meetings between the US and Russian militaries on nuclear weapons that began in the 1990s were suspended by Washington after Russia annexed Ukraine's Crimea in 2014, inspections of compliance with the terms of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons were halted with the onset of the COVID pandemic, and then Russia withdrew restore them. The former head of the nuclear security program between the USA and Russia, William Moon, said this in an interview with Radio Liberty.
According to him, by the mid-1990s, relations between Moscow and Washington began to deteriorate due to NATO's eastward expansion and the Alliance's increasing involvement in the war in the Balkans.
"I am deeply concerned that after nearly 20 years of close cooperation with the Russian Ministry of Defense, including more than 75 visits to Russia, the Russians have cut off all communications and decided to launch an unprovoked genocidal war against Ukraine," Moon said.
He also expressed hope that his work "will lead to a further reduction in nuclear tensions, although Russia chose aggression instead of cooperation."
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In turn, aviation expert Anatoly Khrapchynsky believes that it is necessary to "cool off" our Western partners regarding the possibility of the Russian Federation using nuclear weapons. According to him, "Neither India nor China will allow Putin to do this, because it will be the last thing he does."
