What’s the nuclear test ban treaty & what happens now that Russia’s revoked its ratification

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“The President signed Federal Law On Amendments to the Federal Law On Ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban-Treaty,” the Kremlin said in a statement dated 2 November 2023. As Russian diplomats explained across various fora since the beginning of October, the Kremlin’s position on the revocation of ratification of the CTBT puts Russia in the same category as the USA, a signatory that is yet to ratify the agreement. New Delhi: Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law Thursday revoking Moscow’s ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban-Treaty (CTBT) — adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1996 to prohibit all testing...