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Ramesh #NotGoingBack⬆️ #CFE, which envisaged weapons limits for #WarsawPact & #NATO is not the only treaty #Russia spurned.
Russia also revoked ratification of #ComprehensiveNuclearTestBanTreaty, participation in the #NewSTARTTreaty, intermediate-range #NuclearForcesTreaty, and the #INFTreaty that banned production, testing & deployment of land-based cruise & ballistic missiles (500-5500 km range).
#Germany said Russia is destroying another pillar of #European #security architecture.
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https://apnews.com/article/russia-treaty-arms-control-cold-war-39038fa5a73a4a33bccce6a5c60be341
NATO freezes a Cold War-era security pact after Russia pulls out, raising questions on arms control
NATO allies have frozen their participation in a key Cold War-era security treaty in response to Russia’s withdrawal from the pact. Many of NATO’s 31 allies have signed the Treaty of Conventional Armed Forces in Europe, which was aimed at preventing Cold War rivals from massing forces at or near mutual borders. It was signed in November 1990 as the Soviet bloc was collapsing, but wasn't fully ratified until two years later. Tuesday's move came hours after Russia’s Foreign Ministry announced that Moscow had finalized its withdrawal from the treaty. It raises fresh questions about the future of arms control agreements in Europe.
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«The lower house of the #Russian parliament on Tuesday gave preliminary approval to a bill revoking the ratification of a global #NuclearTestBan.
The State #Duma voted unanimously to rescind the ratification of the #ComprehensiveNuclearTestBanTreaty known as the #CTBT, in the first of three required readings. The final vote is scheduled for later this week.»
