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Russia:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>U.S. Missile Defenses Could Scuttle Moscow Treaty, Russian Lawmaker SaysFrom Thursday, June 5, 2003 issue.
The U.S. development of a national missile defense system could lead Russia to withdraw from the U.S.-Russian Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty, which just entered into force this week, a senior Russian lawmaker said Tuesday (see GSN, June 2).
If the United States develops a missile defense system that “substantially affects our security,” Russia’s response could include a withdrawal from the Moscow Treaty, said Army Gen. Andrei Nikolayev, chairman of the State Duma’s defense committee. “The ratification law makes provision for this,” Nikolayev said (ITAR-Tass, June 3 in FBIS-SOV, June 3).
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