On November 2, 2023, President Vladimir Putin signed a law withdrawing Russia from the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT). This international agreement, signed in 1996, aims to eliminate nuclear tests globally. The United States and Russia, both nuclear-armed states, are signatories. The Russian government published this withdrawal on its official website. Moscow explains that […]
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