Russian Parliament approves extending nuke treaty with U.S

Moscow: The Russian Parliament has ratified President Vladimir Putin’s bill on a five-year extension of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START).

At a plenary session on Wednesday, the State Duma, or the lower house of parliament, approved the bill submitted by Mr Putin on Tuesday on the extension of the significant arms control pact between Russia and the United States.

The New START reached by the world’s two largest nuclear powers cannot be “overestimated” and it is of great significance for the whole world, said State Duma chairman Vyacheslav Volodin.