Указ Президента Российской Федерации "О приостановлении Российской Федерацией действия Соглашения между Правительством Российской Федерации и Правительством Соединенных Штатов Америки об утилизации плутония, заявленного как плутоний, не являющийся более необходимым для целей обороны, обращению с ним и сотрудничеству в этой области и протоколов к этому Соглашению" от 3 октября 2016 года.
Unofficial translation by the Center for Energy and Security Studies (CENESS):
Decree by the President of the Russian Federation
On the suspension by the Russian Federation of the Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the United States Concerning the Management and Disposition of Plutonium Designated as No Longer Required for Defense Purposes and Related Cooperation, as well as the suspension of Protocols to that Agreement
In view of the radical change of circumstances and the emergence of a threat to strategic stability as a result of unfriendly actions by the United States of America with regard to the Russian Federation, as well as the inability of the United States of America to ensure the fulfillment of its obligations on the disposition of surplus weapons-grade plutonium in accordance to international agreements, and based on the need to take urgent measures to protect Russian national security, I hereby decree:
In accordance to Paragraph 4, Article 37 of the July 15, 1995 Federal Law No 101-FZ "On International Treaties Signed by the Russian Federation", to suspend the Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the United States concerning the management and disposition of plutonium designated as no longer required for defense purposes and related cooperation, signed on August 29, 2000 in Moscow and on September 1, 2000 in Washington, as well as the Protocol to the Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the United States concerning the management and disposition of plutonium designated as no longer required for defense purposes and related cooperation, signed in Washington on September 15, 2006, as well as the Protocol to the Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the United States concerning the management and disposition of plutonium designated as no longer required for defense purposes and related cooperation, signed in Washington on April 13, 2010. The suspension shall come into effect in 120 days from the receipt of the notification on the suspension of the aforesaid Agreement and Protocols.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation is hereby instructed to send to the United States a notification on the suspension of the Agreement and of the Protocols listed in Item 1 of this Decree.
I hereby decree to establish that the plutonium that falls under the scope of the Agreement named in Item 1 of this Decree is not being used for the purpose of making nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices, for any research, development, design or testing related to such devices, or for any other military purposes.
This decree shall come into effect on the day of its signature.
President of the Russian Federation V. Putin.
Moscow, The Kremlin October 3, 2016 No 511
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