Sergei Ivanov Treaty Quotations

The cornerstone of strategic stability is the 1972 ABM Treaty, ... The treaty created the possibility for predictability in the nuclear sphere and progress on the way towards nuclear disarmament not only for the USSR and the United States, but also the whole world.

The agreement on the Black Sea fleet base is one part of a bilateral treaty, the second part of which contains recognition of mutual borders. Trying to revise the treaty would be fatal.

The destruction of the 1972 ABM Treaty will result in the annihilation of the whole structure of strategic stability and create prerequisites for a new arms race including one in outer space,

If the ABM Treaty is maintained, Russia is ready for radical cuts with the United States of strategic offensive weapons to as low as 1,500 and even lower than this level,