“Russian President Vladimir Putin submitted to the State Duma and asked to consider as a priority the draft law on the suspension by the Russian Federation of the INF Treaty. The Committee on International Affairs supports the bill. All our members unanimously support its adoption. This decision is connected with the absolutely destructive policy of the United States, which had unilaterally withdrawn from the Treaty. Such steps taken by Washington threaten the extension of the New START Treaty in 2021 and can lead to the collapse of the entire system of strategic stability in the world,” he stressed.
Leonid Slutskiy
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Leonid Eduardovich added that the issue of suspension of the INF Treaty will be submitted to the next plenary session on June 18.
“Our co-executors are the Committees on Defense and on Security and Corruption Control. We also plan to hold special parliamentary hearings on arms control issues on July 11, where leading experts and specialists will take part,” the head of the Committee on International Affairs noted.
The Treaty between the USSR and the USA was signed in Washington on December 8, 1987 and entered into force on June 1, 1988, and included shorter-range (500–1000 km) and intermediate-range (1000–5500 km) land-based missiles. By June 1991, the obligations under the treaty had been fulfilled: the USSR destroyed 1,846 missiles, the USA — 846.
On February 1, 2019, the head of the White House Donald Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that the United States would suspend the fulfillment of its obligations under the INF Treaty on February 2, and six months later it would stop to be a party of the Treaty because they believe that Russia is violating the Treaty. As a response to this decision, Russian President Vladimir Putin on February 2 announced the suspension by Moscow of the Treaty. At the same time, he instructed to no longer initiate negotiations with Washington on this issue, stressing that the US counterparts should be ready to conduct an equal and meaningful dialogue.
