Another possible hurdle for the New START treaty: The Russian Foreign Ministry is accusing the US of breaching weapons treaties over the last ten years in a report publicised on Saturday. The US rejects the claims. Apparently, the report is a reaction to accusations from New START critics who say that Russia failed to honor weapons treaties in the past. The New York Times reports:

The Russian report seemed clearly aimed at American policy makers, Sergei A. Karaganov, a dean of the faculty of international relations at the Higher School of Economics in Moscow, said in an interview.

“It is an issue balancing accusations on the American side with counteraccusations, which are more numerous on the Russian side,” said Mr. Karaganov, adding that the point of the report was to say that “nobody is holy” in observing arms agreements.