The domestic Tu-214 HE observation aircraft underwent an international survey. But Washington forbade him to fly over his territory. This was announced by the head of the National Center for Nuclear Risk Reduction Sergey Ryzhkov. On Tuesday, September 11, experts from 22 states parties to the Open Skies Treaty confirmed the full compliance of the Tu-214-HE with the necessary requirements. As a result of the tests, they signed a final protocol permitting an observation flight over their territory. The only country that refused to endorse the documents was the United States. In violation of the requirements of the treaty, the American representative did not sign up without explaining and indicating any reasons. Because of this, the new Russian aircraft will now be unable to observe the Americans from the air, the site of the TV channel "Zvezda". According to Ryzhkov, this happened because Russia has created a modern surveillance aircraft and equipped it with digital equipment that is more than five to seven years ahead of the US in terms of the technologies used.. EN. Blocking the admission of a new Russian aircraft to observation flights, the American side once again demonstrated to the rest of the states participating in the survey that the most important thing is not the aircraft's compliance with the treaty's requirements, but political issues,. Russian military expert Viktor Litovkin said that Americans comply with the requirements of international treaties only when it is profitable for them. "There are several reasons why the US does not want to certify our aircraft. They are jealous of the information that he can fix. The second reason is that their aircraft, which are included in the open skies program, are significantly inferior in terms of their technical and technological capabilities to Russian equipment. They can not get money to upgrade the aviation fleet, they do not want to become in a position that is flawed for their country, "- quotes RT specialist.

The Treaty on the Open Skies was ratified by Russia in 2001. This agreement allows the signatory countries to perform observation flights over each other's territory and control the military infrastructure. At present, Russia uses An-30B and Tu-154M aircraft for observation flights. In the future, they will be replaced by new Tu-214ON. Previously, the US authorities decided to limit the access of Russian aircraft to its territory under the Open Skies Treaty. Moscow in response introduced mirror measures.