French and Riviera News Wednesday 22nd February 2023

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France calls to act responsibly with regards to Russian American New START Treaty - France has called on Russia to "show responsibility and go back on its announcement of the suspension" of its participation in the Russian American New START Treaty on nuclear power.  In his address to the nation, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on Tuesday February 22nd, that Russia was suspending its participation in the Russian American New START Treaty on nuclear disarmament. Paris “recalls that the New START Treaty constitutes an essential instrument of the international structure of nuclear arms control and strategic stability”. The New START Treaty entered into force on February 5th, 2011.  Under the treaty, the United States and the Russian Federation had seven years to meet the treaty’s central limits on strategic offensive arms (by February 5, 2018) and are then obligated to maintain those limits for as long as the treaty remains in force. The United States and the Russian Federation had previously agreed to extend the treaty through to February 4th, 2026.

Weather focus from IMSEE - In other news, those in the region remember the extreme heat of last summer in Monaco and the latest weather focus from IMSEE has just confirmed that record heat and historic lack of rainfall were recorded in Monaco in 2022. 2022 broke a sad temperature record and It was particularly hot last summer in the south of France and consequently, in Monaco where it peaked at 35.1 degrees. The report shows that temperatures cont