BREAKING: New START Treaty Expiry Sparks Nuclear Fears
February 3, 2026
2:48 am
Russia said on Tuesday it is prepared for a world without nuclear arms control limits as the New START treaty with the United States is set to expire this week, raising fresh concerns about strategic stability amid wider global tensions.
Unless Moscow and Washington reach a last-minute bilateral understanding, the landmark treaty—signed in 2010—will lapse on February 5, ending decades of formal restrictions on the world’s two largest nuclear arsenals.
Speaking in Beijing, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said Moscow had received no response to proposals aimed at extending or preserving elements of the agreement. “The lack of an …
