All 450 deputies will become co-authors of the bill. We expect the final decision to be made in the State Duma on October 19.
I would especially like to draw attention to the fact that Russia is not withdrawing from the Treaty and the moratorium on nuclear testing. We are withdrawing the instrument of ratification under the CTBT, notifying the depositary in the person of the UN Secretary General.
Deratification by the Russian side of the CTBT will restore parity and become a “mirror” response to the position of the United States of America, which for almost a quarter of a century has been delaying the ratification procedures of this most important Treaty for ensuring global security.
