New START extension only benefits Russia and China

As Biden gives Putin a gift, he fails to lay out a cohesive disarmament plan

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Moscow welcomes a treaty extension as it wants to avoid another costly arms buildup. (Source photos by Reuters)

KO SAKAI, Nikkei senior staff writer

TOKYO -- U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin have basically agreed to extend the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, or New START, by five years, rescuing the last remaining nuclear arms control treaty from expiration.

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