Putin extends nuclear arms treaty for five years, proposes to make Russia more powerful

- The agreement with the US was to be completed next week

Moscow dated 27 January 2021 Wednesday

Russian President Vladimir Putin has extended Russia's nuclear arms treaty with the United States for another five years.

The agreement was due to expire next week. Earlier, Putin announced that the treaty would be extended for another five years. On Tuesday, Putin formally announced that the 'New Start' agreement would be extended for five years.

New Start is an agreement reached between America and Russia. The agreement is important for the control of nuclear weapons and for peaceful relations between the two countries. The treaty was signed by both the countries in 2010. Under the treaty, both countries were allowed to acquire 1550 nuclear weapons by the United States and Russia.

Today, both the United States and Russia are among the countries that have the most nuclear weapons. However, both countries were adamantly opposed to developing and poor countries developing nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.

Neither the new US president, Joe Biden, nor the Pentagon has commented on the announcement. Putin also expressed the idea of ​​bringing a proposal to the Russian parliament to further develop Russia's military might.