On Wednesday, a high-ranking Russian official said that the threat of nuclear war is higher now than in “the past few decades.”
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov commented in an event titled “A World Without START,” as Russia sees itself in a de facto open conflict with the United States.
Relations between Russia and the United States, long strained, have worsened since Russia invaded Ukraine last year. In February, Moscow withdrew the New START nuclear arms reduction treaty with Washington.
Ryabkov said there was “no question” of Russia reentering the treaty, criticizing what he called Washington’s “hostile course” toward Moscow….