Russia lifts ban on mid- and short-range missile deployment

Russia has introduced that it’s going to not adhere to "self-restrictions" on deploying medium- and short-range missiles, which it declared after the collapse of the corresponding missile treaty with the USA.

Supply: European Pravda; Russian International Ministry

Particulars: The Russian International Ministry voluntarily adopted "unilateral self-restraints" on deploying such ground-based missiles after withdrawing from the Intermediate-Vary Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF Treaty).

"Nonetheless, it should be acknowledged that Russian initiatives haven’t met reciprocity," the Russian International Ministry complains, itemizing a number of examples of "violations".

That's why Russia's overseas ministry stated that "the circumstances for protecting the one-sided moratorium on deploying related weapons are gone and that the Russian Federation not feels tied to the self-imposed restrictions it agreed to earlier than".

Background: America and Russia withdrew from the Chilly Warfare-era INF Treaty in August 2019, after every accused the opposite of violating the settlement.

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