National Nuclear Risk Reduction Center

On September 15, 1987, an agreement between the USA and USSR was signed for the establishment of National Centers for nuclear risk reduction in Moscow and Washington.

Shortly, after that the center become the primary body responsible for control and inspection of nuclear and strategic weapons in Soviet Union.

The Center is online 24 hours a day and relays information regarding the arms activities of both nations so as to prevent accidental outbreak of nuclear war.

The Treaty on Open Skies establishes a program of unarmed aerial surveillance flights over the entire territory of its participants.

It entered into force on January 1, 2002, and currently has 34 States Parties, including Russia and the majority of the NATO countries.