Russia says it has tapped Washington on the shoulder many times related the the last remaining nuclear treaty between to the well-armed superpowers, but there have been crickets. Kremlin.ru/Creative CommonsKremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov warned reporters that the impending expiration of the pact on February 5 could create a "serious gap" in the legal framework controlling strategic nuclear weapons. The treaty is further designed to regulate targeting of each rival's political and military centers in a potential nuclear conflict. In response, Washington halted Russian inspectors' ability to do the same on American soil. The fact that the Ukraine war has been raging without end has also put pressure on the treaty toward unraveling.