Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov announced that Moscow is proposing a one-year extension of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), which expires on February 5, 2026. He stated that the decision could be announced at any time before that date, given the responsibility of nuclear powers to prevent war.

"We still haven't received any clarification from our American colleagues about what President Donald Trump actually meant: nuclear tests, or carrier tests, or so-called subcritical tests, which do not involve a nuclear reaction and are permitted under the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty." - said Lavrov.

He refuted Trump's claims that Russia had resumed nuclear testing and emphasized that if any nuclear power conducts a full-scale test, Russia will do the same. The New York Times had previously reported on activity at Russian test sites, but Peskov dismissed this as speculation.

EU visa restrictions were a separate topic. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is preparing countermeasures to the ban on multiple-entry Schengen visas for Russians, introduced on November 7. Furthermore, Moscow has offered consultations on drone incidents in Europe since day one, including the wreckage in Romania and Poland, but there has been no response.

The statements came amid rising tensions: on November 10, Russia used Kinzhal missiles against GUR facilities in response to a provocation involving a MiG-31. Experts view the New START proposal as an attempt to maintain strategic stability pending possible negotiations with the new US administration.