俄罗斯以制裁和北约扩张为由,终止钚裁军与美国打交道。 Russia ends plutonium disarmament deal with U.S., citing sanctions and NATO expansion.

俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京正式终止了2000年与美国签订的《钚管理和处置协定》,这是一项旨在从每个国家的库存中消除34公吨武器级钚的协定。 Russian President Vladimir Putin has formally terminated the 2000 Plutonium Management and Disposition Agreement with the United States, a pact aimed at eliminating 34 metric tons of weapons-grade plutonium from each nation’s stockpile. 俄罗斯议会通过法律颁布的此举是俄罗斯于2016年因美国制裁和北约扩张而暂停该协议. The move, enacted through a law approved by Russia’s parliament, follows Russia’s 2016 suspension of the agreement over U.S. sanctions and NATO expansion. 包括俄罗斯成功试验核动力布列韦斯特尼克巡航导弹以及降低核使用门槛。 It comes amid heightened tensions, including Russia’s successful test of the nuclear-powered Burevestnik cruise missile and lowered nuclear use thresholds. 美国估计,该协议将消除足以制造大约17 000枚核弹头的钚。 The U.S. estimated the agreement would eliminate enough plutonium to make roughly 17,000 nuclear warheads.