Chopper2004 posted
In the 1990s, Washington insisted on their decommissioning, along with strategic bombers and ballistic missiles."
The Mi-14 Haze decomissioning would be outside any of the nuclear treaties such as START. START only covers strategic weapons and platforms. The reference to Washington insisting on their decommissioning would be in regards to the side agreement to the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty.
The Russians agreed to cap the holdings of their land-based naval aviation. With other ASW helo types in service the likes of the Mi-14 would have been an easy type to offer up in order to meet the CFE side agreement. The Russians had also considered and tested a variant known as the Mi-14PL Strike equipped to carry AS-7 Kerry air-to-surface missiles. With the Russians withdrawing from the CFE Treaty and the side agreements they are free to re-establish a type such as the Mi-14.
Declaration of the States Parties to the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe with Respect to Land-Based Naval Aircraft
The mandate under which the CFE Treaty was negotiated expressly includes all conventional armaments and equipment permanently based on land in the ATTU area. The Soviets adamantly opposed counting their land-based naval aircraft (LBNA) against CFE aircraft ceilings, since US and other Western carrier-based aircraft would not be counted. It was finally agreed that a political commitment would cap LBNA separately outside the Treaty. Under this side agreement, each group of States commits itself to hold no more than 430 LBNA combat aircraft, in the CFE zone, of which no more than 400 may belong to any one State. It also bans the subordination of attack helicopters to land-based naval forces.
CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS