Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov spoke to the Russian News Agency TASS today and said that that Russia did not take any actions violating its obligations on banning nuclear tests.
"As for the reproaches coming from Washington for more than half a year now that we allegedly do not fully comply with our moratorium on nuclear tests, we say once again that we did not take any steps that would include elements of deviation from our obligations stemming from our unilateral moratorium on nuclear testing and from our ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT)*," he said commenting on a report by the US Department of State on countries’ compliance with the agreements in the field of arms control, non-proliferation and disarmament issued on Wednesday.
"We urge the United States to abandon the increasing practice of providing the international community with disinformation about the current developments," he pointed out.
*The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) bans nuclear explosions by everyone, everywhere: on the Earth's surface, in the atmosphere, underwater and underground. The Treaty was signed in September 1996 (23 years ago) but has not entered to force yet. It enters to force 180 days after the 44 states listed in Annex 2 of the treaty have ratified it. Russia has signed ratified the treaty, the United States, however, signed it without ratification.
Source - TASS
