Leonid Slutsky, Chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Relations, justified the move by Russian President Vladimir Putin to suspend the country’s participation in the Strategic Arms Reduction Agreement (START). TASS.
According to the parliamentarian, if a draft law on the suspension of START is submitted, the committee is ready to propose and prepare it for discussion at the plenary session of the State Duma as soon as possible, including February 22.
Slutsky expressed confidence that the bill would be unanimously supported.
Putin in his message to the Federal Assembly earlier declarationRussia suspends participation in START.
According to the head of state, “people in the West are not stupid at all”, who want to inflict a strategic defeat on the Russian Federation and at the same time inspect Russian military installations.
On February 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered his annual address to the Federal Assembly at Gostiny Dvor in Moscow.
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