RUSSIA DUMA CTBT BILL

Russian State Duma revoked ratification of Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty bill

epa10923453 A handout photo made available by the press service of the Russian State Duma shows Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) leader Leonid Slutsky deliveries his speech the plenary session of the State Duma (Russia's lower house of parliament) during voting for the withdrawal of ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty in Moscow, Russia, 17 October 2023. The Duma passed the bill on revoking the ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty in the first reading. Speaker of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin emphasized that the decision to revoke ratification is in line with Russia?s national interests and will be a mirror response from the United States, which never ratified the treaty. The issue of revoking the ratification of the CTBT was raised by Russian President Vladimir Putin at a meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club on October 05. EPA/RUSSIAN STATE DUMA PRESS SERVICE HANDOUT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES

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