Moscow suggested extending the treaty’s validity for another year after the document expired but received no official response from Washington to the initiative

The New START Treaty was signed by the Russian and US presidents, Dmitry Medvedev and Barack Obama, in Prague on April 8, 2010

Russia plans to act cautiously and analyze the US steps, the Foreign Ministry says

Dmitry Peskov noted that Moscow views the expiration of the treaty negatively

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt noted that modernized treaty can last long into the future

Russia’s Permanent Representative to the UN Geneva office and other Geneva-based international organizations Gennady Gatilov said that Moscow will pursue an approach to the issue…

Moscow suggested extending the treaty’s validity for another year after the document expired but received no official response from Washington to the initiative