"Speaking at a meeting of his advisory Security Council on September 22, Putin said that allowing the treaty to expire would have negative consequences for global stability. "Russia is prepared to continue adhering to the central quantitative limitations of the New START treaty for one year after February 5, 2026," Putin said. He said the United States should do the same."
""We believe this measure will only be viable if the United States acts in a similar manner and does not take steps that undermine or disrupt the existing balance of deterrence potentials," Putin said. The treaty was signed in Prague in 2010 by then presidents Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev. The deal limits each country to no more than 1,550 deployed nuclear warheads and 700 deployed missiles and bombers, and envisages sweeping onsite inspections to verify compliance."
President Vladimir Putin offered to continue adherence to the central quantitative limits of the New START treaty for one year beyond its February 5, 2026 expiry, conditional on reciprocal U.S. action. He warned that allowing the treaty to lapse would harm global stability. New START limits each side to 1,550 deployed warheads and 700 deployed delivery systems and provides for onsite inspections. Russia paused inspections in August 2022 and suspended participation in February 2023 while asserting it would honor the caps. Other bilateral arms-control pacts have collapsed amid tensions, and Russia has signaled willingness to resume nuclear dialogue with the United States.
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