Medvedev linked compliance with the New START Treaty to the lifting of US sanctions.
The United States must abandon restrictions on RUSSIA, Medvedev said , speaking about the New START Treaty. Putin had previously announced that Russia would adhere to the treaty for at least another year after its expiration.Dmitry Medvedev
Russia is ready to comply with the Treaty on the Further Reduction of Strategic Offensive Arms (START), but the United States must abandon sanctions against Russia, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev said in X.
"Now the Trump administration must make a decision. But simply adhering to the letter of the treaty is not enough. The US must stop weakening Russia with sanctions and tariffs," he wrote on his English-language account.
Otherwise, he said, the risk of direct conflict is high.
On September 22, President Vladimir Putin stated at a Security Council meeting that Moscow is prepared to comply with the New START Treaty after its final expiration on February 5, 2026, for at least another year. Moscow will decide whether to extend the restrictions after that date "based on an analysis of the situation," he said, emphasizing that Russia must be confident that the United States will not gain a strategic advantage during that time.
Putin noted that Moscow is not interested in "further escalating tensions and fueling the arms race" and wants to maintain the status quo established under the New START Treaty. The Russian president called the complete abandonment of the agreement a mistake.
The White House considered Putin's statement "pretty good."US President Donald Trump previously spoke of his intention to begin work on concluding a new treaty to replace the expiring START.
START is a bilateral treaty between Russia and the United States on further mutual reductions in their deployed strategic nuclear arsenals. it entered into force in 2011 and was extended for another five years in 2021.
The treaty provided for a reduction for each side of deployed nuclear warheads to 1,550 units, intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs) and heavy bombers (HBs) to 700 units.
In February 2023, Putin announced that Moscow was suspending its participation in the treaty. He explained this by citing the fact that Russia was being prevented from conducting full-fledged inspections under the agreement, and that requests for site inspections were going unanswered or being rejected for technical reasons.
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