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START II

Russia · Warfare / Nuclear. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

4Records
2000–2002Date range
1Named people
1Places

Chronological records

2000

Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin14 April 2000

Warfare / Nuclear

The Duma finally raties the Treaty, in a largely symbolic move since the ratification was made contingent on preserving the ABM Treaty, which it was clear the US was not prepared to do

2001

Vladimir Vladimirovich PutinNovember 2001

Warfare / Nuclear

The START II Treaty is officially bypassed by the SORT Treaty, agreed to by Presidents George W. Bush and Vladimir Putin at their summit meeting in November 2001, and signed at Moscow Summit on May 24, 2002

2002

Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin24 May 2002

Moscow · Warfare / Nuclear

Russia and the United States sign the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty in Moscow, which calls for each country to deploy no more than 1,700-2,200 strategic warheads

Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin14 June 2002

Warfare / Nuclear

Russian President Vladimir Putin declares that Russia is no longer bound by its signature of START II, ending his countrys efforts to bring the Treaty into force

Names involved

Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin

Provenance

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