Russia suspends CFE treaty

Russia's parliament has voted to suspend CFE treaty. - a traety that limits the deployment of conventional forces in Europe. Because of NATO expansion and other factors in Europe, the CFE treaty "no longer responds to the security interests of the Russian Federation" said the lower house of parliament. This is yet another response to the the US plans to building a missile defence system in eastern Europe. Russia is the only country to have ratified the new version of CFE modified in 1999. This doesn't mean that Russia is withdrawing from the treaty, they only want NATO states to