2025-11-01: Russia Roundup

So far today: 2025-11-02 04:31am GMT

tehrantimes (2025-11-01). Tehran—Moscow partnership will not yield to foreign pressure: Russian envoy. tehrantimes.com TEHRAN — Russia has reiterated that its relations with Iran will continue to be guided by the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Treaty, emphasizing that Moscow will not yield to external pressure or seek alternatives to its close ties with Tehran.

Thomas Newdick (2025-10-31). Russia's Treaty-Busting Screwdriver Cruise Missile Used Against Ukraine: Officials. twz.com

Jake Johnson (2025-10-30). Trump Orders Resumption of US Nuclear Weapons Testing. truthout.org US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he has ordered the Pentagon to resume nuclear weapons testing, an announcement made in a frighteningly vague social media post that threatens to shred decades of global progress and heighten tensions with China and Russia. Trump mentioned both of those nations in his post, which was published to Truth Social just ahead of the US president's… |

Scott Ritter (2025-10-30). The Future of US-Russian Arms Control After New Start. thealtworld.com The last remaining arms control treaty between Russia and the US, New Start, is set to expire in February 2026. Without a new agreement to take its place, the US and Russia are likely to engage in a new nuclear arms race, raising risk of a nuclear conflict. | The New Start treaty, signed and ratified by the US and Russia in 2010, is scheduled to expire on Feb. 5, 2026. It was extended once in 2021 for five years — the only extension permitted — and cannot be extended again. It is the last remaining vestige of a US-Russian arms control infrastructure crafted during the Cold War-era designed to reduce t…

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