Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law suspending the country’s compliance with a nuclear arms treaty that restricted mid-range missiles since the late Soviet era, According to 9news.com.au.
The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, signed by the United States and the Soviet Union in 1987, banned ground-launched missiles capable of carrying a nuclear warhead a distance of 500km to 5500km.
The US said earlier this year that it would suspend its participation in the treaty on the allegation that Russia violated it by developing a missile capable of operating within the banned range.
The US had set an August deadline for Russia to prove compliance or else the US would officially withdraw from the agreement. Russia has rejected the US allegation.
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Source: Independent
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