Source: Russia will reduce for the United States the number of airports in the open skies Treaty
Russia will reduce the number of airfields available to the US under the Treaty on open skies.
MOSCOW, 27 Jun — RIA Novosti. Russia will limit to the USA from 1 January 2018, the number of airports that you can use U.S. aircraft-observers under the Treaty on open skies, RIA Novosti military-diplomatic source.
“The number available for US aerodromes since 1 January will be reduced. We are talking about bringing the list of aerodromes in accordance with the contract. This step is a mirror in response to the declared U.S. action against Russia, which also plans to introduce from January,” — said the source.
According to him, we are, in particular, about the US intention to close Russian observers airspace over Alaska, Hawaii and to limit the flight range.