En qué consiste el Tratado de Cielos Abiertos, el pacto abandonado por Rusia y EE UU emol.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from emol.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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The Open Skies Treaty, which Russia says it is leaving after the US quit last year, was agreed just after the Cold War to allow signatories to avoid nasty surprises by monitoring rival militaries.
Moscow and Washington had long accused each other of breaching its terms, and President Donald Trump formally pulled the US out last November.
Trump s administration said the Kremlin had weaponised the treaty to target critical infrastructure in the US and Europe and prevented American flights over its exclave Kaliningrad.
The US withdrawal came despite the dismay of Washington s European allies, who remain attached to the treaty as part of their continent s security architecture.
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