Russia is ready for a new world with no nuclear limits, senior diplomat says

MOSCOW: Russia is ready for the new reality of a world with no United States-Russian nuclear arms control limits after the New START treaty expires this week, Moscow’s point man for arms control said on Tuesday (Feb 3). Unless the two sides reach a last-minute understanding, they will be left without any constraints on their long-range strategic nuclear arsenals for the first time in more than half a century when New START expires on Thursday. “This is a new moment, a new reality – we are ready for it,” Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov, who oversees arms control issues,…