Friday, January 14, 2011

Russia Declares It Has The Right To Withdraw From START Treaty If It Feels Threatened By West

State Duma. Photo: RIA Novosti

Russia Nears Arms Pact Approval, Warns On Pullout -- Yahoo News/Reuters

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia's parliament moved closer to approving a landmark arms reduction treaty with Washington Friday by amending domestic legislation to stress that Moscow could withdraw from the pact if it felt threatened by the West.

The amendments required for Russia to ratify the New START treaty do not change the pact itself and were introduced before the second of three ratification votes in the State Duma, the lower house of parliament.

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More News On Russia's Parliament Ratifying The Start Treaty

Russian parliament debates arms pact with US
-- AP
Russian parliament moves closer to ratification of U.S.-Russian arms pact -- Canadian Press
Russian parliament prepares to ratify arms pact -- Washington Post/AP
Russian Parliament Panel Backs New START Ratification -- Global Security Newswire
Duma sets terms on Russia-U.S. arms deal ratification -- RIA Novosti
Duma puts forward its conditions for START ratification -- ITAR-TASS
Lavrov says much depends on START ratification -- Voice of Russia
A Cold War Treaty -- Alexander Golts, Moscow Times

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