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START III Putin's Breakthrough, says Russian Reform Activist

May 24, 2002

MOSCOW, May 24 [from RIA Novosti's Arina Dovgan] - Russian-US summiteers have signed a strategic offensive armaments reduction treaty. It came as a breakthrough for President Vladimir Putin, considering that a mere six months ago the USA was refusing to sign any documents at all, says Grigory Yavlinsky, prominent Russian politician and leader of Yabloko, a major reformist parliamentary group.

He pointed out two documents in the package signed at the summit. The strategic partnership declaration matters more than any other paper as a step forward in bilateral relations.

The strategic offensive armaments reduction treaty comes next in importance. It does not bind Russia but provides the basis for an updated mutual understanding in the security sphere, said Mr. Yavlinsky.

The two countries will now launch a defence partnership to involve the Russian military-industrial complex and greatly extend job opportunities, remarked the MP as he went over the strategic consequences expected from the summit documents.

See also:
Arms Control

RIA Novosti, May 24, 2002

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