Removing nukes is a great idea but symbolic. I think Putin's plans go back to the fall of the Berlin Wall and Glasnost which was against his idea of empire and colonialism.

An aside to Stilly:
Steve and I regretably have conditioned responses. His expertise lies with the past and mine are with the future. Never the twain shall meet except in the fleeting now. In truth we agree on more than we disagree.

The past can be corrupted or improved upon and future speculation can be wrong or changed. Its crazier than fluid dynamics and quantum mechanics. All in all things go better than expected.