President of Russia, Vladimir Putinpromulgated this Thursday a law that would take the country out of Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treatyapproved in 1996 and of which now Moscow stands out in a full military offensive on Ukrainewithin the framework of a conflict in which the Russian president even threatened use atomic weapons.

Putin put his signature on the text, which was previously approved by parliament, where the party in power has a majority, the legal information portal reported this Thursday.

Russia claims that this is how it opposes the United Stateswhich signed the above-mentioned treaty but never ratified it, and Moscow completed the process in 2000.

In addition, the Russian government has proposed that will not conduct any tests unless the American side does so. and denied starting a new arms war, even though he also distanced himself from other protocols, such as the bilateral agreement with Washington that sets the framework for nuclear disarmament.

(Europe Press)