Putin proposed to extend START III for at least a year

According to him, this is necessary in order to be able to conduct meaningful negotiations on all parameters.

Earlier, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov commented on the statement of the US President's Special Representative for Arms Control Marshall Billingsley that Washington is ready to extend the Strategic Offensive Arms Limitation Treaty (START III) with Russia, subject to a temporary freeze of the size of the nuclear arsenals of the two countries.