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Russian Upper House Votes in Favour of Exiting Open Skies Treaty

US-RUSSIA
  • Russian Upper House votes in favour of exiting from the Open Skies Treaty today after the US failed to re-enter last month
  • The motion now moves to Putin for signing and will take effect in six months.
  • Treaty was intended to build trust between Russia and the West by allowing the accord's more than three dozen signatories to conduct reconnaissance flights over each other's territories to collect information about military forces and activities - bbg
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