The Russian Parliament’s upper house, the Council of Federation, is likely to consider the law on ratifying the new Russian-US START treaty today.

The START treaty aims to reduce the number of nuclear warheads by a third and halve the ceilings for strategic delivery weapons in the next seven years.

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The Russian Parliament’s lower house, the State Duma, and US Congress have already ratified the treaty.

The new pact will replace the START 1 treaty signed in April 2010 by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and US President Barack Obama.

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