President Vladimir Putin on Thursday signed a bill revoking Russia's ratification of a global nuclear test ban, a move that Moscow said was needed to establish parity with the United States.
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00:00 After passing in the lower house state Duma a week ago, on Thursday, Russian President
00:05 Vladimir Putin signed off on a bill that shifts Moscow`s legal stance on nuclear testing.
00:11 Putin says the move to abandon the landmark agreement outlawing nuclear weapons tests
00:17 brings Moscow into line with Washington.
00:20 The 1996 treaty outlaws all nuclear explosions, including live tests of nuclear weapons, but
00:26 was never effective because several key countries failed to ratify it.
00:31 It comes after the U.S. Air Force blew up a nuclear capable missile over the Pacific
00:36 Ocean on Wednesday.
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