Статья 7«Соглашение между Российской Федерацией и Соединенными Штатами Америки о внесении изменений в Соглашение между СССР и Соединенными Штатами Америки о создании Центров по уменьшению ядерной опасности от 15 сентября 1987 года» [рус., англ.]

Модернизация шифрованных систем связи проводится по мере необходимости по взаимному согласию Сторон.»

Настоящее Соглашение вступает в силу с даты его подписания.

Совершено в Денпасаре (Индонезия) 7 октября 2013 года в двух экземплярах, каждый на русском и английском языках, причем оба текста имеют одинаковую силу.

(Denpasar, 7.X.2013)

The Russian Federation and the United States of America, hereinafter referred to as the Parties,

In order to improve the viability and effectiveness of the Agreement between the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the United States of America s on the Establishment of Nuclear Risk Reduction Centers of September 15, 1987 (hereinafter referred to as the 1987 Agreement), as amended by provisional application of the Protocol between the Russian Federation and the United States of America Amending the Agreement between the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the United States of America on the Establishment of Nuclear Risk Reduction Centers of September 15, 1987, signed at Moscow on January 31, 2000 (hereinafter referred to as the 2000 Protocol),

Recognizing the importance of a new strategic relationship between the Parties that is based on mutual trust, openness, predictability, and cooperation,

Considering the fact that the scope and number of notifications exchanged by the Nuclear Risk Reduction Centers of the Parties, in accordance with Article 2 of the 1987 Agreement, have increased significantly,

Mindful of the new responsibilities of the Nuclear Risk Reduction Centers since the entry into force of the 1987 Agreement, most notably regarding the notifications referred to in Article VII of the Treaty between the Russian Federation and the United States of America on Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms of April 8, 2010,

In order to provide for further technical development of the communications links between the Nuclear Risk Reduction Centers of the Parties in an environment of rapid technological advances,

In Article 3 of the 1987 Agreement, the term «a special facsimile communications link» shall be replaced with the term «an encrypted communications link.»

Articles 1 through 9 of Protocol II to the 1987 Agreement shall be replaced with the following Articles 1 through 7, and Article 10 of Protocol II to the 1987 Agreement shall be renumbered as Article 8:

For the purpose of the transmission in secure mode of text and graphics files between the Nuclear Risk Reduction Centers (hereinafter referred to as the National Centers), established in accordance with Article 1 of the Agreement between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Establishment of Nuclear Risk Reduction Centers of September 15, 1987 (hereinafter referred to as the Agreement), each Party shall establish and maintain, as mutually agreed, one independently routed data transmission circuit. In this regard:

(a) The Parties shall install compatible computer terminals for the establishment of communication between the National Centers;

(b) Each Party shall support communications circuits providing the possibility of simultaneous transmission and reception at agreed-upon speeds that correspond to the technical capabilities of the equipment utilized;

(c) The international communications channel of the Russian Federation and the international communications channel of the United States of America shall use commercial communications channels between the respective earth stations of each Party, or other mutually agreed means, while each Party shall be responsible for the terrestrial circuit segments to its National Center.

The competent technical organizations responsible for implementing technical requirements and information exchanges, as well as oversight and operations, shall be as follows:

• For the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation;
• For the United States of America, the United States Department of State.

Agreed-upon information security devices shall be used in order to ensure encrypted transmission of information. In this regard:

(a) The information security devices shall be technical devices connected to a computer or components of a computer into which messages shall be uploaded from electronic information media;

(b) Each Party shall provide to the other Party, through its Embassy or by electronic means, appropriate cryptographic access material;

(c) The computers, software, and electronic information media of each Party shall meet its national requirements for information security.

As the final component of information processing, computer terminals shall be used that correspond to the functional requirements of the encrypted communications link and that meet international communications standards. In this regard:

(a) Each Party shall be responsible for the purchase, installation, operation, and maintenance of its own terminals, relevant information security devices, and communications links necessary for the implementation of this Protocol;

(b) Each Party shall ensure that its terminal provides for the capability of exchanging three types of messages: test messages, service messages, and messages transmitted pursuant to Protocol I of the Agreement;

(c) Messages via the encrypted communications link shall be transmitted from the National Center of the Russian Federation to the National Center of the United States of America in the Russian language, and from the National Center of the United States of America to the National Center of the Russian Federation in the English language.

Each Party shall establish and maintain private orderwire communications capability in order to coordinate the exchange of information. In this regard:

(a) The encryption terminals used with the information security devices shall incorporate standard Russian Federation Cyrillic and U.S. Latin keyboards and displays to support the exchange of messages between operators. The layout of the Cyrillic keyboard shall be determined by the Russian Party;

(b) To support the work of operators, the orderwire shall be configured so as to permit, prior to the transmission and reception of messages, the exchange of all information pertinent to the coordination of such messages;

(c) Orderwire messages shall be encrypted using the same information security devices specified in paragraph (a) of Article 3 of this Protocol;

(d) The orderwire shall use the same communications links as used for text-file message transmission;

(e) A printer shall be used to provide a record copy of all information exchanged on the orderwire. Each Party shall independently determine the configuration of its printer in accordance with the requirements of this Protocol.

For the encrypted communications link between the National Centers, the Parties, unless otherwise agreed, shall continue to use the same type of equipment and the same maintenance procedures as are currently in use for the Direct Communications Link, established in accordance with the Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the United States of America on the Establishment of a Direct Secure Communications System between the Russian Federation and the United States of America of October 30, 2008. In this regard:

(a) If it is necessary, the equipment list for the National Centers may be updated and maintenance and operations procedures may be refined by mutual agreement of the Parties;

(b) The replacement of information security devices and associated software for use on the communication terminals shall be determined by mutual agreement of the Parties.

The modernization of the encrypted communications systems shall be carried out as necessary by mutual agreement of the Parties.»

This Agreement shall enter into force on the date of its signature.

Done at Denpasar (Indonesia), this 7th day of October, 2013, in two copies, each in the Russian and English languages, both texts being equally authentic.

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