The deputies of the lower house of the Russian parliament (Duma) on Wednesday approved the suspension of the START III Nuclear Disarmament Treaty, announced on Tuesday by the head of state Vladimir Putin.
The proposal was approved unanimously and will come into force after official publication.
According to the text of the law, only Russia’s president can decide “in the future” whether Moscow will return to fulfill its obligations under the arms control treaty. the last in effect between Moscow and Washington.
The new STRAT was signed in Prague on April 8, 2010 by former US heads of state Barack Obama and the Russian Dmitry Medvedev.
The new treaty limited the number of strategic nuclear weapons to a maximum of 1550 warheads and 700 ballistic systems (land, sea and air) for each of the powers.
Source: DN
