Vladimir Putin signs law taking Russia out of Open Skies arms control treaty

The Open Skies arms control treaty is a pact that allows unarmed surveillance flights over member countries.

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law on Monday that formalises Russia`s exit from the Open Skies arms control treaty, a pact that allows unarmed surveillance flights over member countries. Russia had hoped that Putin and U.S. President Joe Biden could discuss the treaty when they meet later this month at a summit in Geneva. But the Biden administration informed Moscow in May that it would not re-enter the pact after the Trump administration quit it last year.