State Department did not rule out extension of START

“We do not exclude the extension of the START Treaty, but our priority is to promote an arms control regime that goes beyond the narrow bilateral approach by connecting other countries, in particular China, as well as including a wider range of weapons, including non-strategic nuclear weapons,” RIA Novosti quoted him as saying during a speech on the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

At a BRICS summit in November, Russian leader Vladimir Putin expressed concern about arms control, saying that the United States was having a negative effect.

According to the head of the Foreign Intelligence Service, Sergei Naryshkin, the START Treaty may cease to act after the INF Treaty after the expiration date in February 2021.