Russia to revoke ratification of nuclear test ban treaty

The State Duma [the lower chamber of the Russian parliament – ed.] may consider a bill that would revoke the decision to ratify the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty at its first reading on 17 October.

Source: Interfax, a Russian news outlet, citing the State Duma press service

Details: The bill was drafted on the instruction of State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin.

At the start of the plenary session on Thursday, Volodin noted that the issue had been discussed at the State Duma Council and all factions were in favour of passing the bill.

Volodin invited all MPs to become authors of the bill. At the same time, Leonid Slutsky, chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs, told journalists that the second reading of the de-ratification bill is expected to take place on Wednesday, 18 October, and the third reading on 19 October.

Slutsky stressed, however, that Russia is not withdrawing from the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty and remains a party to the treaty.

The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty was adopted by the 50th session of the UN General Assembly on 10 September 1996. The Treaty has been signed by 177 states and ratified by 138 states, including 34 of the 44 states required for its entry into force (it has not been ratified by Colombia, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, China, North Korea, Pakistan and the United States).

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