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Kremlin wants arms control talks with US, says China unlikely to join

Dmitry Peskov stated that negotiations should have begun already and would be complex, while commenting on a US proposal for trilateral talks.

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Kremlin wants arms control talks with US, says China unlikely to join

What this story says

  • The Kremlin stated that arms control negotiations between Russia and the United States are overdue and should have started earlier.
  • Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov described the necessary talks as lengthy, careful, and requiring expert-level detail.
  • President Donald Trump has proposed arms control talks involving the United States, Russia, and China.
  • Peskov indicated that, to Russia's knowledge, China would not participate in such trilateral talks.

Who covered it

Left 0%(0)Centre 25%(2)Right 75%(6)

Percentages are shares of the 8 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 1 of the 9 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .

Trust

42/100

Craft

57/100

Hype

20/100

9 sources · methodology

Thin on the left so far

None of the 8 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated left.

This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.

The Kremlin has stated that arms control talks between Russia and the United States are long overdue and should have resumed earlier. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said on 28 September 2026 that the negotiations are a complex issue requiring lengthy, careful, and expert-level discussions. He added that these talks should have started already, stating they were needed "yesterday".

Peskov also commented on a proposal by President Donald Trump for arms control talks involving the United States, Russia, and China. According to Peskov, Russia's understanding is that China would not participate in such trilateral discussions. China's government has stated that its nuclear arsenals are smaller than those of the US and Russia, making its participation in arms reduction unnecessary.

Coverage comparison

The centre-rated report from WTVB stated that the Kremlin said arms control talks between Russia and the United States were long overdue and would require lengthy, careful negotiations when they resumed. The report quoted Peskov saying the issue was complex and would need expert-level detail.

What the coverage left out

None of the right-rated reports printed below mention the Russian government's statement that its nuclear arsenals are smaller than those of the US and Russia, making Chinese participation in arms reduction unnecessary. The centre-rated report also omits this detail.

Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 6 times, most recently on 28 Sept 2026, 12:15, and will add the sides that appear.

How each side covered it

Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.

Left

0 rated outlets

No outlet rated left has run this story so far. We are still checking, and will say plainly if that does not change.

Centre

2 rated outlets

We have not written our reading of the centre coverage of this story. The centre-rated outlets that ran it are listed below.

Right

6 rated outlets

  • Five right-rated reports carried the story. Aftenposten, The Straits Times, news-pravda.com, and Interfax.ru all reported that the Kremlin said Russia-US arms control talks were long overdue and should have resumed "yesterday". These reports also noted that the negotiations would be lengthy and careful, or complex and lengthy. vz.ru reported that Peskov responded to Trump's proposal on arms control, stating the tripartite dialogue would require an urgent resumption of complex and lengthy expert negotiations. Life.ru reported that Peskov said arms control negotiations had to start "the night" and commented on Trump's proposal for a three-way dialogue between Russia and China.

Questions about this coverage

How did the left and right cover Kremlin wants arms control talks with US, says China unlikely to join?
Of the 8 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 0% are rated left, 25% are rated centre, 75% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 9. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
Is Kremlin wants arms control talks with US, says China unlikely to join left or right?
Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 8 of them do, and this site does not characterise a field under 12: at that size one newsroom filing moves the share by ten points. The percentages above are the count as it stands.
Is the coverage of Kremlin wants arms control talks with US, says China unlikely to join biased?
Kremlin wants arms control talks with US, says China unlikely to join is one event reported by 9 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
Which side is not reporting Kremlin wants arms control talks with US, says China unlikely to join?
When we first saw this story, outlets rated left had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
Which outlets covered Kremlin wants arms control talks with US, says China unlikely to join?
9 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
What did the Kremlin say about arms control talks with the US?
The Kremlin stated that arms control talks between Russia and the United States were long overdue and should have resumed earlier. Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov described the necessary negotiations as lengthy, careful, and requiring expert-level detail, adding they should have started "yesterday".
What is Russia's position on China participating in arms control talks?
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov indicated that, to Russia's knowledge, China would not participate in trilateral arms control talks involving the US and Russia. China's government has stated its nuclear arsenals are smaller than those of the US and Russia, making its participation unnecessary.
Who proposed trilateral arms control talks involving Russia, the US, and China?
President Donald Trump has proposed arms control talks that would involve the United States, Russia, and China. This proposal was commented on by Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov.

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9 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.

Left

0

No outlet in this group ran the story.

Centre

2

Right

6

Not rated

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