Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law denouncing the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE). The document is published on the portal of legal information.
The Russian leader submitted the corresponding bill to the State Duma on May 10, 2023. Six days later, the lower house approved the document, on May 25 it was supported by the Federation Council. Grigory Karasin, head of the Federation Council committee on international affairs, said that this measure is necessary to “protect national security and national interests” of Russia.
The treaty was signed in 1990 and entered into force two years later. The initial participants were six Warsaw Pact states, including the USSR, and 16 NATO states. The treaty allowed both groups to have an equal number of conventional weapons and military equipment and set limits on the presence of armed forces. In 1999, an agreement was signed on the adaptation of the CFE Treaty, which set limits for individual countries and territories, not blocs. NATO members refused to ratify it. As a result, it was not possible to agree on the terms of the CFE Treaty, and in 2007 Russia suspended its participation in it.
Source: Rosbalt
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