Russia formally quits ‘Open Skies’

Russia has officially left

Russia has officially left a landmark strategic agreement that allowed surveillance flights over its territory. Moscow said the US wrecked the post-Cold War confidence boosting Treaty on Open Skies by abandoning it last year.

Signed in 1992, it allowed countries to conduct a certain number of short-notice unarmed reconnaissance flights over each other’s territory. The deal was devised to bolster transparency and build confidence, after decades of mistrust. 

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