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2010.
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| Summary/Abstract |
ON 30 JULY 2009, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin signed government order No. 1055-r discontinuing the provisional application by the Russian Federation of the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT).1 On August 24, in accordance with Article 45 (3-) of the ECT, Russia notified in writing the Charter Depositary (the government of Portugal) of its intention not to become a party to the ECT. Sixty days later, Russia ceased to be a party provisionally applying the ECT. As of October 20, it became (alongside Australia, Iceland, and Norway) a nation that has signed but not ratified the Treaty and does not apply it on a provisional basis, that is to say, it has taken "a step back" while remaining within the Charter process nonetheless.
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