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Dispute Over Russian Withdrawals From Georgia, Moldova Stall CFE Treaty

Russian lawmakers and President Vladimir Putin recently approved a five-year-old treaty limiting conventional weapons stationed in Europe. Yet, the treaty's prospects for entering into force anytime soon are dim because of Western concern over Moscow's failure to fulfill related commitments on removing its armed forces from Georgia and Moldova.

The Russian legislature's lower and more powerful chamber, the Duma, passed the adapted Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty with a 355-28 vote on June 25. The Federation Council, Russia's upper house, followed suit July 7 with a nearly unanimous 137-1 vote.

Putin signed the federal law on the treaty's ratification July 19, but the ...

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