Putin signs law ending Russia’s Open Skies treaty with the US

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed a law to officially end the country’s Open Skies Treaty with the U.S. less than two weeks before his meeting with President Biden in Geneva.

Last month, the Biden administration told Russia that it had no plans to rejoin the arms control pact that was abandoned during the Trump administration. (Biden, the candidate, called Trump’s move “short-sighted.”)

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tweeted last November, “America is more secure” after withdrawing from the 1992 treaty. “Russia remains in noncompliance with its obligations,” he said, according to the Arms Control Association.

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