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Medvedev Warns: New START Treaty Expiration Heightens Arms Race Risks

2/3/2026

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Dmitry Medvedev, former Russian president, says Russia's offer to extend the New START treaty remains valid as it nears expiration.
He warns that a lapse would remove legal limits on strategic weapons for the first time since 1972, elevating risk.
Medvedev also notes that the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved the Doomsday Clock forward, linking expiration and a looming arms race to greater instability.

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Dmitry Medvedev, former Russian president, says Russia's offer to extend the New START treaty remains valid as it nears expiration.
He warns that a lapse would remove legal limits on strategic weapons for the first time since 1972, elevating risk.
Medvedev also notes that the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved the Doomsday Clock forward, linking expiration and a looming arms race to greater instability.