Posted on 12/24/2010 9:03:54 AM PST by RobinMasters
MOSCOW – Russia's lower house of parliament on Friday gave preliminary approval to a U.S.-Russian arms treaty, but decided to delay the final vote until next month.
The Kremlin-controlled State Duma voted 350-58 to approve the New START treaty in the first of three required readings. The legislators said they would proceed further after returning from the New Year's vacation that lasts until Jan. 11.
Konstantin Kosachev, the head of the State Duma's foreign affairs committee, said the full ratification could only happen next month "at the earliest."
The New START treaty, which was ratified Wednesday by the U.S. Senate, would limit each country's strategic nuclear warheads to 1,550, down from the current ceiling of 2,200. It also would re-establish a system for monitoring and verification, which ended last year with the expiration of a previous arms control deal.
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That’s a big margin. They must think they are be getting a great deal.
That’s a big margin. They must think they are be getting a great deal.
Why the big rush to ratify if they are waiting until Jan 11? This will turn out to be the biggest sellout since Munich...
He’s pressing the button with the byrd.
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