Putin Suspends Russia’s Participation in INF Over US ‘Violations’

• PressTV Published on Mar 4, 2019
  Russia has officially suspended its participation in the cold-war era nuclear treaty with the United States. The Kremlin said President Vladimir Putin signed a decree to suspend the INF treaty. It added, the president ordered the treaty to be suspended until Washington stops violating the agreement. According to the Kremlin, Putin has told the Russian foreign ministry to inform signatories to the accord of Russia’s move. The treaty was signed in 1987 between the US and the former Soviet Union. Under the deal, the US and the Soviets would scrap all their Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles. But, last year, Washington said it would withdraw from the accord, accusing Russia of violating the agreement. Moscow strongly denies the allegation.

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