The Federation Council supported the denunciation of the Conventional Arms Treaty in Europe

The Federation Council approved on May 24 the proposal submitted by the President bill on the denunciation of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE).

“The decision was made unanimously” informed Telegram channel of the Federation Council.

The document was introduced on May 10, already on May 16 the deputies of the State Duma unanimously accepted his. Along with the denunciation of the CFE Treaty, a number of related international treaties also cease to operate. Chairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin, commenting on the adoption of the bill, said that the US and EU, moving NATO to the east, destroyed the global security system. Now the West, pumping Ukraine with weapons, continues to destabilize the situation in the world and provokes a global catastrophe, he believes.

Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev on the same day declared about the loss of relevance by this Treaty back in 2007. According to him, it is planned to “maximum increase the production of weapons, military and special equipment and means of destruction.”

In 2007, Russia suspended its participation in the CFE Treaty. The treaty refers to the restriction of five categories of weapons and equipment: tanks, armored combat vehicles, artillery with a caliber of more than 100 mm, combat aircraft and attack helicopters. The document provides for the exchange of information and extensive inspection activities in the participating countries.

The treaty was signed by the USSR and European countries back in 1990, before the final collapse of the Warsaw Pact Organization (WTO), and took into account the balance of conventional weapons between the two blocs. After the collapse of the Warsaw Treaty Organization, the question arose of adapting the CFE Treaty in accordance with the new realities, which are especially relevant after NATO’s expansion to the east. By 1999, a version of the so-called adapted CFE Treaty was prepared, which raised the ceilings on the “flank restrictions” of conventional weapons for Russia. In 2007, Russia suspended participation in the treaty until “NATO countries begin to implement this document in good faith.”