In this handout photo released by the Russian Federation Council, Deputy Chair of the Federation Council Committee on Social Policy Mohmad Akhmadov delivers a speech during a session of the Federation Council, the upper house of parliament, in Moscow, Russia. The Russian Federation Council unanimously approved at a meeting on February 22 the bill on the suspension of Russia's participation in the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START). On February 21, Putin said in a message to the Federal Assembly that Russia was suspending participation in the Russian-US New START, stressing that the country was not withdrawing from the treaty. Editorial use only, no archive, no commercial use.