MOSCOW — Russia said on Jan. 16 that it was pulling out of a decades-old treaty that allowed countries to make military reconnaissance flights over each other’s territory. The move escalates Russia’s growing military competition with the United States and Europe just weeks before the incoming Biden administration will have to negotiate the extension of the central nuclear arms-control treaty between Moscow and Washington.
New York Times: Russia to exit Open Skies Treaty, escalating military rivalry with US
Russian Su-34 fighter bombers, Su-30M jet fighters and Su-35 jet fighters fly over Red Square during the Victory Day military parade in Moscow on May 9, 2018.
