Vladimir signalled an end to formal arms control between the world's two biggest nuclear superpowers when he announced he would suspend Russia's participation in the New Start treaty on Tuesday.At the end of his speech blaming the West and global 'elites' for the war on , he made clear that he would bar the United States from inspecting sites that house some the 5,977 warheads owned by the Kremlin.Russia has the world's biggest nuclear arsenal - inherited from the Soviet Union - and up until the COVID pandemic was subjected to constant inspections and control from the U.S., which comes in a close second.
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