US Confirms It Will Not Rejoin Open Skies Treaty, Lukashenko-Putin Meeting Today

LOCAL NEWS

• State Dept confirms US will not rejoin Open Skies Treaty, saying it has been undermined by Russian violations and unwillingness to return to compliance following a review.
  • Highlights actions in Ukraine as problematic for confidence-building.
  • Russia's upper house is expected to vote on Moscow's departure from the treaty (2 June) after the State Duma passed the law on 19 May
• ICAO launch probe into Ryanair flight incident on Minsk following a special meeting yesterday. Moscow spoke in favour of a fair and transparent investigation yesterday.
  • Irish Transport Ministry will conclude its investigations by 25 June
• State Duma to discuss a bill on the mandatory opening in Russia of representative offices of large foreign IT giants today
• Putin & Lukashenko to discuss Economic problems in the Union State and the impact of the West's sanctions against Minsk.
  • Also, further development of bilateral ties, implementation of joint projects in trade, economic, energy, cultural & humanitarian spheres, as well as the promotion of integration within the framework of the Union State
• Bank of Russia plans to soften the provisions of the regulation "On standards for issue of securities" for "green" instruments.
• proposes to delist the securities, but not oblige them to redeem immediately: issuers must agree in advance with investors and prescribe ways to resolve this situation in issue prospectuses