FAREWELL TO ARMS CONTROL: Near the end of his rambling, aggrieved state-of-the-nation address yesterday, Russian President Vladimir Putin suspended — but did not withdraw from — the New START treaty, the last remaining pact limiting the deployment of nuclear weapons.

While accusing the United States of violating the 2011 treaty by limiting verification inspections, the Russian Foreign Ministry, in a statement, said it would continue to abide by key provisions of the pact, which expires in three years and limits the U.S. and Russia to 1,550 deployed nuclear warheads.