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| Russian Duma Panel Supports Final Passage of New START |
| 2011-01-21 |
| "The document addressed to the American side is entitled 'On the Position of the State Duma on the Reduction and Limitations of Strategic Offensive Armaments' and has 6.5 pages. It also recommends for the Russian president to add the ratification bill and this statement by the State Duma to the note on the exchange of the ratification instruments," he said. The document would emphasize that "the U.S. unilateral interpretation of certain provisions of this document does not change the legal commitments of the U.S. side and does not impose any additional commitments on Russia," Kosachyov said. |
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