MOSCOW, 25 Oct. Senators at a meeting on Wednesday unanimously approved the law to revoke the ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT).
Speaker of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko noted that Russia has advocated and advocates the creation of a real system of functioning international security — “a single and indivisible for everyone on new fair principles.»
“Having ratified the treaty at one time, we naturally showed good will, indicated a desire to make our contribution to global security and, naturally, counted on responsible actions, first of all, on the part of the United States of America. But Washington, for so many years, has passed 23 years — he never ratified the treaty and stubbornly constantly ignored common concerns,” the parliamentarian concluded.
The Federation Council Committee on International Affairs and the Defense and Security Committee previously supported this law and recommended it for approval, says the conclusion of the international committee (the text is available).
The law proposes to repeal Article 1 of the Law “On Ratification of the Treaty” on a comprehensive nuclear test ban.» It proposes to ratify the CTBT, signed on behalf of Russia in New York on September 24, 1996.
Russian President Vladimir Putin previously said that Russia could behave in a mirror manner towards the United States; the State Duma could revoke ratification of the CTBT. Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov later noted that Russia's possible refusal to ratify the CTBT does not mean an intention to conduct nuclear tests.
The Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty was signed in 1996. However, a number of countries, including the United States, have not yet ratified it, unlike Russia, which did so in 2000. At the same time, countries that have nuclear weapons have made voluntary commitments not to conduct such tests. In March, Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Sergei Ryabkov noted that the situation around the CTBT is causing increasing concern due to US actions.