is it True that the Agreement was more favorable to the Russian side? On Smolensk square remind you that it took nine years before Russia had ratified it, on what just insisted Western countries. “The opening of our site for observation from the air was a very difficult decision, especially as Russia is obliged to accept a much larger number of flights than any other state party”, the foreign Ministry said. For the duration of this agreement our country has more than 500 surveillance missions. While the United States carried out independently or together with partners is actually two times more flights over Russia than Russia on the United States. Per year Washington allow about 5-6 flights of Russian aircraft over its territory.
it is Noteworthy that the Treaty allows the countries concerned to exchange sensitive information, including those obtained over the Russian sites. The “NATO over each other do not fly, and we can purchase the appropriate materials is not one”, noted in dipvedomstva. However, Moscow has always insisted on the benefits of the Treaty to all who have signed and ratified.
foreign Ministry commented on the statements by the US Secretary of state Mike Pompeo that to restore your precision weapons Russia ostensibly carries on from the air an aerial photo of “critical infrastructure” of the US and the EU. In Moscow, recalled that at the time, the Americans insisted that for observation flights was available in its entirety, without exceptions, the territory of each country with a focus initially on reconnaissance over the USSR and then Russia. “As for US, believe me, in the course of its observation flights over Russia they take pictures of not only parks and beaches, but also a considerable number of other objects, including civilian infrastructure. Perhaps Washington could share the appropriate list, at the same time refreshing his memory,” – reminded the Minister.
the foreign Ministry said about the mode of flights over the Kaliningrad region to which there are claims from the American side. The Ministry reminded that the right to make sightseeing flights from the airfield the open sky of Kubinka in the range of up to 5,500 kilometers Western partners used in 2012-2014 for flights over the Kaliningrad region, which “traversed repeatedly along and across”. By the way, this created serious problems for the functioning of the international airport Khrabrovo. Talks about the optimization of the format were unsuccessful, so Russia was forced to set the maximum range to fly over its most Western region in the range of 500 kilometers. However, the terms of the contract, this requirement is not violated, and did not reduce the observing efficiency. In addition, the foreign Ministry recalled that the US first imposed such a regime against its Poloskova – ��of Laski.
Other details about the Contract, which caused a heated debate among the military and civilians on both sides of the Atlantic, can be found on the website of the Russian foreign Ministry.
