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US-Russia Nuke Pact to Expire

Amanpour

CNN

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4.1 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2026

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

While the world focuses on diplomatic efforts in Russia's war against Ukraine, "New START," the only remaining nuclear arms control agreement between the United States and Russia, expires this Thursday. Rose Gottemoeller, former deputy Secretary General of NATO, was America's chief negotiator on "New START." She joins the show from Capitol Hill, where she was briefing US senators on the agreement.  Also on today's show: Julie K. Brown, author, "Perversion of Justice: The Jeffrey Epstein Story"; Elliot Williams, former federal prosecutor, author of "Five Bullets"  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello everyone and welcome to Ammanpur. Here's what's coming up.

0:07.0

Terror in the night as Russia strikes Ukraine cities. I ask the former NATO Deputy Secretary General if there's any hope for a diplomatic solution. And...

0:21.6

As you know, it is not a crime to party with Mr. Epstein.

0:24.6

With 3 million Epstein documents released, what do we know about his interactions with the most powerful people?

0:31.6

Journalist Julie K. Brown weighs in on secrets revealed and questions unanswered. Also,

0:38.7

It's just more complicated than either noble vigilante or vicious victims.

0:45.1

Race, fear, and the legacy of subway shooter Bernie Gets. Michelle Martin talks to

0:50.6

Elliot Williams, author of Five Bullets.

1:14.1

Welcome to the program, everyone. I'm Bianca go to Lodriga in New York, sitting in for Christian Amunpur.

1:20.4

We begin in Ukraine, where a major onslaught of Russian missiles and drones bombarded cities across the country,

1:29.3

targeting energy facilities and cutting heat to tens of thousands of people, even as overnight temperatures fell below zero degrees Fahrenheit. Russia attacking despite President Trump's claim last Thursday that Vladimir Putin agreed to a week-long pause in attacks.

1:36.3

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accuses Russia of choosing terror and escalation over diplomacy.

1:48.4

The Russians have once again disregarded the efforts of the American side.

1:53.0

The President of the United States requested that they refrain from attacking energy facilities and critical infrastructures during the meetings between our negotiating teams.

1:57.3

The American President said that they should refrain from attacks for a week.

2:00.8

This was a very important and significant decision.

2:03.6

In fact, it began on Friday night, and tonight, in our opinion, the Russians broke their promise.

2:09.6

Nonetheless, trilateral peace talks with Russia, Ukraine and the United States are set to continue in Abu Dhabi this week.

2:16.6

And while the world

2:17.9

focuses on diplomatic efforts there, Newstart, the only remaining nuclear arms control agreement

2:24.0

between the United States and Russia expires this Thursday. So can diplomacy prevail on nuclear

2:29.9

weapons and on Ukraine? Rose Gautomiller, former deputy secretary general of NATO, was America's

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