RUSSIAN FEDERATION FEDERAL LAW OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION between the Government of the Russian Federation and the United States of America In connection with the launches from the Russian Plesetsk spaceports and the Kapustin Yar range , the spacecraft for which there are USA licences, dated 31 January 2000 Duma on 22 December 2000 Approved by the Federation Council January 2001 to ratify the Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the United States of America on measures to protect technologies in connection with launches from the Russian Plesetsk cosmodrome and the Free and Protesting Ground Kapustin Yar space vehicles, for which there are US licenses, signed in Moscow on 31 January 2000. President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin Moscow, Kremlin 12 February 2001 N 14-FZ