What is the size of Russia's CFE Treaty area of application?

Answer 1

According to the CFE Treaty Article 2.1(B):

The term "area of application" means the entire land territory of the States

Parties in Europe from the Atlantic Ocean to the Ural Mountains, which

includes all the European island territories of the States Parties, including the

Faroe Islands of the Kingdom of Denmark, Svalbard including Bear Island of

the Kingdom of Norway, the islands of Azores and Madeira of the Portuguese

Republic, the Canary Islands of the Kingdom of Spain and Franz Josef Land

and Novaya Zemlya of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. In the case of

the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the area of application includes all

territory lying west of the Ural River and the Caspian Sea. In the case of the

Republic of Turkey, the area of application includes the territory of the

Republic of Turkey north and west of a line extending from the point of

intersection of the Turkish border with the 39th parallel to Muradiye, Patnos,

Karayazi, Tekman, Kemaliye, Feke, Ceyhan, Dogankent, Gözne and thence to

the sea.