RUSSIAN FEDERATION FEDERAL LAW About the ratification of the Protocol to the Agreement between Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the French Republic o Cooperation in the field of research and the use of outer space for peaceful purposes of 26 November 1996 Adopted by the State Duma on 11 February 2000 February 2000 Ratify the Protocol to the Agreement Between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the French Republic on Cooperation in the Exploration and Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, dated 26 November 1996, signed in Moscow on 12 January 1999. Acting President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin President of the Russian Federation, Kremlin 29 February 2000 N 43 FZ