<p>Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday (Sep 22) said that Moscow will adhere to nuclear arms limits for one more year after a nuclear pact with the United States expires in February. The New START treaty is the last remaining arms control agreement between Russia and the United States. "Russia is prepared to continue adhering to the central quantitative limitations of the New START Treaty for one year after February 5, 2026," Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a televised meeting. Earlier in July, US President Donald Trump indicated his inclination towards preserving the key limits on nuclear weapons set by the New START treaty with Russia. He said that he is starting to work in that direction.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The agreement is set to expire on February 5 unless both sides agree to an extension. It is the last remaining nuclear arms reduction accord between the world’s largest nuclear powers. With New START set to expire, arms control experts warn that both countries could start increasing their strategic warhead stockpiles, making it harder for each side to monitor the other’s nuclear intentions.</p>

<h2>What is the New START treaty?&nbsp;</h2><p>The New START treaty limits all Russian deployed intercontinental-range nuclear weapons, including every Russian nuclear warhead that is loaded onto an intercontinental-range ballistic missile that can reach the United States in approximately 30 minutes. The treaty was aimed at capping the number of deployed strategic nuclear warheads and delivery systems held by the US and Russia. The United States and the Russian Federation entered into force on February 5, 2011 and agreed to extend the treaty through February 4. Under the treaty, the United States and the Russian Federation had seven years to meet the treaty’s central limits on strategic offensive arms (by February 5, 2018) and are then obligated to maintain those limits for as long as the treaty remains in force.<br>&nbsp;</p>

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced Russia will adhere to the New START nuclear arms limits for one more year after the treaty expires in February 2026. The treaty limits the deployment of intercontinental nuclear weapons between Russia and the US

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday (Sep 22) said that Moscow will adhere to nuclear arms limits for one more year after a nuclear pact with the United States expires in February. The New START treaty is the last remaining arms control agreement between Russia and the United States. "Russia is prepared to continue adhering to the central quantitative limitations of the New START Treaty for one year after February 5, 2026," Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a televised meeting. Earlier in July, US President Donald Trump indicated his inclination towards preserving the key limits on nuclear weapons set by the New START treaty with Russia. He said that he is starting to work in that direction. The agreement is set to expire on February 5 unless both sides agree to an extension. It is the last remaining nuclear arms reduction accord between the world’s largest nuclear powers. With New START set to expire, arms control experts warn that both countries could start increasing their strategic warhead stockpiles, making it harder for each side to monitor the other’s nuclear intentions.

<p>Russian President Vladimir Putin announced Russia will adhere to the New START nuclear arms limits for one more year after the treaty expires in February 2026. The treaty limits the deployment of intercontinental nuclear weapons between Russia and the US</p>

Putin offers to abide by nuclear arms pact with US one year after expiry: What is New START treaty that Russia signed in 2010?

<p>The Russian Foreign Ministry, in a statement on August 4, announced that it “no longer considers itself bound by the previously adopted self-imposed restrictions”. Russia's Former President Medvedev blamed 'NATO's anti-Russian policies'. Notably, the United States had already left the treaty on August 2, 2019, accusing Russia of violating it. Russia continued its self-imposed freeze, and it formally walked out of the deal on Monday.</p>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">⚡️ As the situation evolves with US-made ground-based INF systems being deployed in Europe and the Asia-Pacific, <a href="https://twitter.com/mfa_russia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@mfa_russia</a> states that conditions for maintaining a unilateral moratorium on the deployment of similar systems have ceased to exist.<a href="https://t.co/SMrA7xtKlz">https://t.co/SMrA7xtKlz</a> <a href="https://t.co/9wop8YQWVl">pic.twitter.com/9wop8YQWVl</a></p>&mdash; MFA Russia 🇷🇺 (@mfa_russia) <a href="https://twitter.com/mfa_russia/status/1952465970318237862?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 4, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<p>Dmitry Medvedev, responding to the announcement by the Russian Foreign Ministry, wrote on x, “This is a new reality all our opponents will have to reckon with. Expect further steps.”</p>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Russian Foreign Ministry&#39;s statement on the withdrawal of the moratorium on the deployment of medium- and short-range missiles is the result of NATO countries’ anti-Russian policy.<br>This is a new reality all our opponents will have to reckon with. Expect further steps.</p>&mdash; Dmitry Medvedev (@MedvedevRussiaE) <a href="https://twitter.com/MedvedevRussiaE/status/1952452686802198557?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 4, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<h2>What is the Intermediate Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty? How is it relevant?</h2><p>Signed in 1987, &nbsp;it was a significant step to control the Cold War era arms infrastructure. The treaty required the “United States and the Soviet Union to eliminate and permanently forswear all of their nuclear and conventional ground-launched ballistic and cruise missiles with ranges of 500 to 5,500 km.” As a result of the treaty Soviet Union and the United States destroyed 2,692 short, medium and intermediate-range missiles. The United States had already left the treaty during the 1st term of the Trump administration, citing violations from Russia, specifically Russia’s 9M729 missile system, also known as the SSC-8 missiles. The US intelligence had been accusing Russia of violating the treaty since 2014. Russia denied any such violations and had maintained a voluntary freeze on similar systems up until now. &nbsp;However, Russia has reportedly used the Oreshnik missiles on Ukraine in November, and Oreshnik's range is also a supposed violation of the INF treaty. &nbsp;</p><p>The treaty was the post-Cold War arms control architecture. It was technically a nuclear arms control treaty, even if it applied to conventional ones. Russia cited US action, specifically the deployment of Typhoon missile launchers with Tomahawk cruise missiles in the Philippines and Dark Eagle hypersonic systems used in Australia during the Talisman Sabre drills. Notably, Russia has already withdrawn from the New START (2010) treaty in February 2023, and the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) in November 2023. The cancellation of the treaty marks a pivotal moment and the restart of a Cold War-style arms race.&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

Russia has formally decided to end its participation in the Intermediate Nuclear Forces treaty. Former Russian President blamed NATO for its anti-Russia policy and warned of further steps, without mentioning any specifics. 

The Russian Foreign Ministry, in a statement on August 4, announced that it “no longer considers itself bound by the previously adopted self-imposed restrictions”. Russia's Former President Medvedev blamed 'NATO's anti-Russian policies'. Notably, the United States had already left the treaty on August 2, 2019, accusing Russia of violating it. Russia continued its self-imposed freeze, and it formally walked out of the deal on Monday.

<p>Russia has formally decided to end its participation in the Intermediate Nuclear Forces treaty. Former Russian President blamed NATO for its anti-Russia policy and warned of further steps, without mentioning any specifics.&nbsp;</p>

Russia walks out of cold-war era nuclear arms control agreement, Medvedev blames NATO's 'anti-Russian policies'

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