MOSCOW. Feb 8 (Interfax) - Moscow has explained to Washington through diplomatic channels that it rejects the U.S. claims of Moscow's alleged failure to honor the New START treaty, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on its website on Wednesday.
"The Russian side categorically rejects the claims of U.S. representatives regarding our country's 'incompliance' with the provisions of the New START treaty. Detailed official explanations of the matter have been relayed to the U.S. side through diplomatic channels," the ministry said.
Moscow has no intention "to leave the hostile U.S. actions, which question the relevance of a number of key provisions of the New START treaty, without a proper response," it said.