US EditionPutin Offers Trump a One-Year Extension of U.S.-Russia Nuclear Arms Control Treaty
- On September 22, 2025, Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that Russia would continue to observe nuclear weapons restrictions for an additional year following the expiration of the final remaining U.S.-Russia treaty in February 2026.
- This announcement follows Russia’s suspension of participation in New START in February 2023 due to refusal to allow U.S. inspections amid heightened tensions and NATO assertions against Russia.
- Putin directed Russian authorities to keep a careful watch on U.S. activities related to strategic offensive arms and cautioned that any provocative actions would prompt an appropriate response from Russia.
- The New START treaty, signed in 2010 by Presidents Obama and Medvedev, restricts each party to a maximum of 1,550 nuclear warheads deployed on no more than 700 delivery systems, including missiles and bombers. Its comprehensive verification procedures have been inactive since 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Putin urged the U.S. to reciprocate in maintaining limits, as arms control advocates warn that letting the treaty expire without dialogue risks destabilization and a renewed arms race.
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Putin offers Trump one-year extension to nuclear weapons treaty - Hawaii Tribune-Herald
MOSCOW/WASHINGTON — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday offered to voluntarily maintain the limits on deployed strategic nuclear weapons set in the 2010 New START accord after it expires in February if the U.S. agreed to do the same. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Putin’s proposal sounded “pretty good,” but she added that U.S. President Donald Trump would address the offer himself. The agreement is the last U.S.-Russia …
Putin makes nuclear treaty offer to US (full text)
While Moscow is ready to respond to any threats, it continues to prioritize diplomacy, the Russian president has said. Russian President Vladimir Putin has said Moscow will continue to adhere to a key nuclear arms control treaty signed with the US for one year after its expiration, provided Washington agrees to do the same. Speaking ahead of a Security Council meeting on Monday, Putin said global strategic stability has been increasingly threate…
After having disappointed Trump on Ukraine, the Russian leader proposes to extend for a year the New Start Proliferation Treaty: "But only if they do so will they...
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