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A survey of events in the field of nuclear and radiation safety relating to Russia and Ukraine.
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Publish date: March 20, 1998
Written by: Igor Kudrik
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One of the key ingredients of (the) next summit meeting will be to build on our overall proliferation and arms control agenda and that certainly includes spelling out in greater detail and beginning the work on START-3. That can’t happen until START-2 is ratified by the Duma, quoted Reuters White House spokesman Mike McCurry.
The reaction from the State Duma was similar to the one pronounced earlier this year: the Russian parliament may consider the issue of ratification in the first part of 1998, giving no guarantee ratification will actually occur.
The START-II agreement, the acronym for the Strategic Arms Reduction Talks, was signed by the two presidents in January 1993, but only the U.S. Senate has ratified it so far. The treaty calls for reduction of the Russian nuclear strategic arsenal, down to 3250 nuclear warheads. In March 1997, the two presidents, at their meeting in Helsinki, agreed to prolong the time period for the dismantling operations from 2003 until December 31, 2007.
A survey of events in the field of nuclear and radiation safety relating to Russia and Ukraine.
But it’s unlikely to impact emissions from shipping along the Northern Sea Route.
In this news digest, we monitor events that impact the environment in the Russian Arctic. Our focus lies in identifying the factors that contribute to pollution and climate change.
The following op-ed, written by Bellona’s Charles Digges, originally appeared in The Moscow Times. In recent months, the Russian nuclear in...