{"id":24080,"date":"2021-06-07T19:02:54","date_gmt":"2021-06-07T19:02:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2021\/06\/07\/putin-confirms-russian-exit-from-open-skies-treaty\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T22:04:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T22:04:51","slug":"putin-confirms-russian-exit-from-open-skies-treaty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/air\/2021\/06\/07\/putin-confirms-russian-exit-from-open-skies-treaty\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin confirms Russian exit from Open Skies Treaty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MOSCOW \u2014 Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed a bill to withdraw from an international treaty allowing surveillance flights over military facilities, following the U.S. exit from the pact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2021\/06\/02\/russian-upper-house-votes-to-exit-from-open-skies-treaty\/\" target=\"_blank\">bill was endorsed by Russian lawmakers<\/a> after U.S. officials told Moscow last month that President Joe Biden\u2019s administration had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2021\/05\/27\/us-tells-russia-it-wont-rejoin-open-skies-arms-control-pact\/\" target=\"_blank\">decided not to reenter the Open Skies Treaty<\/a> that the U.S. left under President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a presidential candidate, Biden had criticized Trump\u2019s withdrawal as \u201cshort-sighted.\u201d Moscow had signaled its readiness to reverse the withdrawal procedure and stay in the 1992 treaty if the United States returned to the agreement, but now Putin\u2019s signature seals the Russian withdrawal that would take effect in six months.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2021\/05\/27\/us-tells-russia-it-wont-rejoin-open-skies-arms-control-pact\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21134663180849.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">US tells Russia it won\u2019t rejoin Open Skies arms control pact<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The decision means only one major arms control treaty between the nuclear powers \u2014 the New START treaty \u2014 remains in place.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Putin and Biden are to have a summit in Geneva on June 16, a meeting that comes amid soaring tensions in Russia-U.S. ties that have hit post-Cold War lows after Russia\u2019s 2014 annexation of Ukraine\u2019s Crimean Peninsula, accusations of Moscow\u2019s interference in U.S. elections, hacking attacks and other issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Open Skies Treaty was intended to build trust between Russia and the West by allowing the accord\u2019s more than three dozen signatories to carry out surveillance flights over each other\u2019s territories to oversee troop deployments and other military activities. More than 1,500 flights have been conducted under the treaty since it took effect in 2002, helping foster transparency and monitor arms control agreements. <\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2020\/11\/25\/trump-left-the-open-skies-treaty-but-dont-write-it-off-yet\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/246129.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Trump left the Open Skies Treaty, but don\u2019t write it off yet<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">President Donald Trump made good on his decision to withdraw from the Open Skies Treaty, but it looks like President-elect Joe Biden, who opposed that move, may have a path to revive the pact.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2020\/11\/25\/trump-left-the-open-skies-treaty-but-dont-write-it-off-yet\/\" target=\"_blank\">Trump pulled out of the pact last year<\/a>, arguing that Russian violations made it untenable for Washington to remain a party, and the United States completed its withdrawal in November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russia has rejected any violations, arguing that a few restrictions on observation flights it imposed in the past were permissible under the treaty and noted that the U.S. imposed more sweeping restrictions on observation flights over Alaska.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p 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