select your text size: small medium large Friday, November 16, 2007 Russia's Upper House Backs Suspension Of CFE Treaty The treaty limits the deployment of tanks and other conventional weapons (file) (AFP) November 16, 2007 -- Russia's upper house of parliament, the Federation Council, has voted unanimously to suspend Moscow's participation in the Conventional Forces In Europe treaty, a Cold War-era agreement that limits the deployment of tanks and other conventional weapons west of the Urals. The bill, which was passed earlier this month by the State Duma, effectively confirms a presidential decree issued in July that announced Russia’s intention...
