INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Moscow on Tuesday blamed United States "toxicity and animosity" for the postponement of key arms control talks with Washington as tensions
6 would be held "at a later date."The Kremlin declined to comment, but the Russian Foreign Ministry blamed the United States, pointing to
between the world's two main nuclear powers."Across all spheres, we are seeing the highest level of toxicity and hostility from
Washington," Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said.Signed in 2010, the agreement limited the arsenals of the two countries to a
Washington of unleashing a "total hybrid war" against Russia and said arms talks could not be conducted in the current
circumstances.Zakharova said it was impossible to talk to Russia about "transparency and predictability" in the military sphere and at the
same time help "the Kyiv regime kill our troops and civilians in Russian regions."The United States had said this month that it expected to
meet Russia soon to discuss the possible resumption of inspections under New START.Moscow announced in August that it was suspending United
States inspections of its military sites under New START, saying it was responding to American obstruction of inspections by
Russia.Zakharova also said Washington continued to ignore Russia's concerns about inspections.She said Moscow expected Washington to
