🇷🇺💬 Key takeaways from Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s statements:
➡️If any nuclear power conducts nuclear weapons tests, Russia will do the same.
➡️It is possible to extend the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty at any time before it expires on February 5, 2026
➡️Moscow is offering Washington to extend the limitations under New START for one year to “cool down,” analyze the situation, and detach from the Ukrainian issue
➡️US President Donald Trump did not say a single word during his conversation with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin about Moscow allegedly handing Washington a so-called “subversive paper” that destroys hopes for a settlement in Ukraine
➡️A memorandum in the format of a “non-paper” was sent to Washington ahead of the telephone conversation between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US leader Donald Trump
➡️Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov described the telephone conversation with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio as polite and "without any breakdowns"
➡️Russia remains committed to the Putin-Trump agreements
➡️Russia is ready to talk with the US about Washington's concerns over Russia's allegedly 'suspicious' underground activity
➡️If the US plans to use nuclear weapons to gain dominance, it significantly deviates from the idea that nuclear war is unacceptable
➡️The US is in talks with South Korea and Japan about the possible deployment of nuclear weapons on their territories
➡️Russia had been awaiting an initiative from the US on the timing and location of a preparatory meeting for the bilateral summit in Budapest, but none was forthcoming
➡️Lavrov has accused London and the British media of waging an information campaign, citing the scandalous resignation of the BBC Director General
➡️Trump during the summit with Putin in Alaska could not believe that the Kiev regime had banned the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, and was taken aback by the confirmation of the fact
➡️Russia and China will decide how to affirm and deepen the treaty of good neighborhood, friendship and cooperation by its expiry date in 2026
➡️The alliance between Russia and China is as tight as ever
➡️Washington would be better off addressing drug trafficking in Belgium than in Venezuela
➡️Caracas has not asked Moscow for military assistance or to deploy Russian weapons in Venezuela
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