Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law according to which Russia withdraws its ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), the official legal information website says.

The treaty was signed on behalf of Russia in New York on September 24, 1996 and ratified by Russia on May 27, 2000. The document was supposed to become the main international legal instrument to end all types of nuclear tests. However, to date, the treaty has not entered into force, since it has not been ratified by 8 out of 44 states that possess nuclear weapons or have the potential to create them.

According to the document, the adopted law aimed to restore parity of obligations in the field of nuclear arms control. The document comes into force on the day of its official publication.

Source: Burkina Information Agency