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The ongoing process of deploying military satellites in space was noted.The Federation Council Committee on International Affairs together with the Federation Council Committee on Defense and Security held a round table on the topic 40 years of the US Strategic Defense Initiative program. The militarization of outer space as one of the acute problems of international security.The discussion was moderated by Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs Grigory Karasin and First Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Defense and Security Vladimir Chizhov .First Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs Sergei Kislyak member of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs Alexander Karelin members of the Federation Council Committee on Defense and Security Sergei Kolbin and Valery Usatyuk took part in the work .Outer space is directly considered by Washington as an arena for conducting military operations not only for military deterrence but also for inflicting defeat on the enemy. The purposeful line of the US and NATO towards the militarization of outer space is obvious. Like forty years ago it is developing hand in hand with the whipping up of anti-Russian hysteria Grigory Karasin emphasized .He noted the ongoing process of deploying military satellites in space. Of particular concern is the expansion of the use of civilian satellites by private US companies for military purposes including for the transfer of intelligence military data to the Kyiv regime.Grigory Karasin paid special attention to Russias efforts to promote the idea of the inadmissibility of placing weapons in outer space in the UN and other international organizations and presented a retrospective review of our countrys peaceful initiatives to demilitarize outer space.The number of our like-minded supporters of preventing the withdrawal of weapons into space is constantly growing if you look at the results of voting on resolutions of the UN General Assembly. It is noteworthy that only the United States always opposes with several wards to which Ukraine has joined itself in recent years the senator noted.During the round table reports were made by the head of the A.F. Mozhaisky Anatoly Nestechuk Deputy Director of the Department for Non - Proliferation and Arms Control of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Konstantin Vorontsov .The discussion was attended by Scientific Director of the Institute for the USA and Canada of the Russian Academy of Sciences Sergey Rogov Head of the Center for International Security of the Institute of World Economy and International Relations IMEMO of the Russian Academy of Sciences Alexei Arbatov Deputy Chairman of the Scientific and Technical Council of the State Corporation Roscosmos Nikolai Moiseev .Senators and experts discussed issues related to the policy of the US and NATO on the militarization of outer space the impact of such actions on international security. They outlined the measures that Russia needs to take to ensure its national security sustainable development and reliable protection of the state.
