The upper house of the Russian parliament, the Federation Council, ratified on Wednesday a new strategic arms reduction treaty between Russia and the United States, RIA Novosti reports.
The new arms reduction pact, replacing START 1, which expired in December 2009, was signed in Prague last April by President Medvedev and U.S. President Barack Obama. The document slashes the Russian and U.S. nuclear arsenals to a maximum of 1,550 nuclear warheads, down from the current ceiling of 2,200.
The parliament's lower house, the State Duma, ratified the treaty on Tuesday, adding some provisions to the ratification document and issuing two supplementary statements to the resolution on ratification of the treaty.
Russia's upper house ratifies arms cuts deal with US
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