Closed Skies: Russia Formally Quits Post-Cold War Era Confidence-building Treaty After US Withdrawal

Russia gave notice on its intention to withdrawal from the Treaty on Open Skies in June, following the May 2020 announcement by the Trump administration that it would be quitting the agreement. Signed in 1992 and stepping into force in 2002, Open Skies was one of several ‘confidence-building’ treaties made between the former Cold War adversaries.