Moscow has not yet received a response from the United States regarding Russia’s initiative to extend the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START), which is about to expire next week, Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday. There was no response from the United States," he said at a news briefing. US President Donald Trump said in response to a TASS question on October 5, 2025 that the Russian leader’s proposal was "a good idea." New START TreatyThe Treaty between the United States of America and the Russian Federation on Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (the New START Treaty) was signed in 2010 and entered into force on February 5, 2011. However, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on February 21, 2023 that Russia was suspending its participation in New START but was not withdrawing from it.