Moscow
President Vladimir Putin signed legislation Monday formalising Russia’s withdrawal from the Open Skies security treaty after Washington quit the key post-Cold War defence accord last year.
Moscow announced in mid-January it was leaving the treaty that allows signatories to carry out unarmed surveillance flights over each others’ territories.
It cited a “lack of progress” on maintaining the treaty after the United States withdrew last year.
The document formalising Russia’s decision was published on a government website Monday morning.—AFP
