Chief envoy: Russia to keep nuclear treaty limits if US does

Russia earlier vowed to act ‘responsibly’ should its last nuclear treaty with the United States expire on February 5. Above, a Topol-M ICBM drives across Red Square in a Victory Day Parade in Moscow on May 9, 2008. (AFP)
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Updated 11 February 2026
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Chief envoy: Russia to keep nuclear treaty limits if US does

MOSCOW: Russia will keep observing a moratorium on breaching the limits of the ‌New ‌START nuclear treaty ‌with ⁠the United States ⁠as long as Washington continues to do ⁠the same, ‌state news ‌agency TASS ‌quoted ‌Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as saying on ‌Wednesday.
The treaty, which set ⁠caps on ⁠deployed missiles and warheads, expired on February 5.