The Federation Council was in favour of the legislation by 156 votes to zero today.
Russian lawmakers were urged by President Vladimir Putin to mirror the US, which signed but never ratified the nuclear test ban treaty.
The upper house, the Federation Council, approved the law by 156 votes to zero after the lower house, the Duma, had also passed it unanimously. It will now go to President Vladimir Putin for signing. Russia says it will not resume nuclear testing unless Washington does, but arms control experts are concerned it may be inching towards a test that the West would perceive as a threatening escalation in the context of the Ukraine war.Though it has never formally come into force, the CTBT has made nuclear testing a taboo – no country except North Korea has conducted a test involving a nuclear explosion this century.
CNN published satellite images last month showing Russia, the US, and China have all built new facilities at their nuclear test sites in recent years.
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