According to the website of the Russian Foreign Ministry, on the 6th local time, Russia's abrogation of the "Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe" officially entered into force. Russia has notified all members of the treaty that it will withdraw from the treaty in 9 days (that is, 9:150 local time on November 2023, 11).
Infographic: Building of the Russian Foreign Ministry.
The Russian Foreign Ministry said that Finland's recent accession to NATO and Sweden's ongoing "accession" procedure have become the last straw for "the Russian Federation has to withdraw from the treaty."
According to previous reports, on May 5, the Russian State Duma unanimously passed a bill on the abrogation of the treaty. On May 16, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree formally announcing the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe.
According to public information, the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe was signed by NATO and the Warsaw Pact in 1990, which stipulates the total amount of conventional weapons, regional quotas, national quotas and verification methods of the two major military blocs.
In 1999, the summit of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe adopted the Agreement on Amendments to the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe, which Russia ratified in 2004, but so far no NATO country has ratified the agreement. Due to NATO's continued eastward expansion, Russia decided in 2007 to suspend the implementation of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov once said that the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe has become "hopelessly outdated and a remnant" in the context of the deterioration of the military-political situation in Europe due to the actions of Western countries.