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Russia Refuses to Sign 'Unbalanced Arms Trade Treaty
9 September 2015
TASS Russian News Agency
Russia did not sign an international treaty on arms trade because of its unbalanced nature and superficial description of a number of issues, Deputy Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said on Wednesday.
"Recently, new tools emerged in the global arms trade, in particular, the Arms Trade Treaty, which came into force last December. We did not sign this document and see no reason to move in this direction," Ryabkov said.
According to him, the document is... (GunPolicy.org)