Russia's State Duma approves bill revoking ratification of nuclear test ban treaty in first reading

STORY: Russia's State Duma approves bill revoking ratification of nuclear test ban treaty in first reading DATELINE: Oct. 18, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:26 LOCATION: Moscow CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of State Duma sessions (source: Duma telegram) STORYLINE: Russia's lower house of parliament, or State Duma, approved a bill revoking the ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) in the first reading, it said in a statement Tuesday. Russian lawmakers unanimously approved the bill on the de-ratification of the treaty, and Chairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin earlier noted that the bill could be considered in the final reading on Oct. 19. "For 23 years we have been waiting for the United States of America to ratify the treaty. But Washington used its double standards and irresponsible approach towards global security issues and still has not done that," Volodin said in a Telegram post. He said that Washington must finally understand that its hegemony will not lea