MOSCOW, Oct. 5 If Russian President Vladimir Putin will submit to the State Duma a document on the withdrawal of ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), parliamentarians will support it, the first deputy head of the international committee of the Federation Council, Vladimir Dzhabarov, is sure.
Earlier, during a meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club, Russian President Vladimir Putin noted, that Russia can behave in a mirror manner towards the United States, which has not ratified the document banning nuclear weapons tests, and State Duma deputies can revoke it.
“I think it’s right to withdraw ratification. Because, unfortunately, our American partners are admonishing our they don’t hear. This means that we need to answer them harshly. They can only accept a harsh answer,” the senator said.
Whether such an initiative should be submitted to the State Duma, according to Dzhabarov, is the head of state that must decide, it is his prerogative. “If the document reaches the State Duma, parliamentarians will support it, I have no doubt,” the politician concluded.