Russia says to respond if U.S snubs missile offer
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Russia will take steps to ensure its security if Washington rebuffs its offer of cooperation on missile defense, local media quoted First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov as saying on Wednesday.
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Saturday that United States missile defence plans could worsen the Iranian nuclear stand-off and urged Washington to freeze work on the issue with the Czech Republic and Poland.
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Iran said Sunday it had received indications from Russia's president that he would not follow through with an offer to allow the U.S. to use a radar station in neighboring Azerbaijan for missile defense against Tehran.
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NATO reacted cautiously on Friday to a Russian offer for the United States to use a Russian-controlled radar in Azerbaijan for a missile defense shield, questioning whether its location was ideal.
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Russia's military is capable of firing missiles at Poland and the Czech Republic if they agreed to host a U.S. missile shield, Russia's Strategic Forces commander said, but added it was for the Kremlin to decide.
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Russia's new proposal for a missile defense system in Europe is far afield from what the United States has in mind and unlikely to garner much support, defense analysts said Thursday.
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Russia may point missiles at Europe if the US goes ahead with its missile defence plans, President Vladimir Putin says.
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Russia said it would deliver a response on Tuesday to Britain's decision to expel four of its diplomats, amid signs that it will not allow the diplomatic row to affect booming economic ties.
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Nato reacts cautiously to a Russian proposal to form a joint missile defence system with the US.
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Russia&#39;s offer of a military base in Azerbaijan is no &quot;substitute&quot; for US plans to install a missile shield in Poland and the Czech Republic, a top State Department official said Monday.
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Russia issued a veiled warning on Friday that it could deploy rockets in its Kaliningrad enclave bordering the European Union if Washington does not draw back from its missile defence plans.
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The Czech Republic said on Tuesday it would not be intimidated by Russia over plans to site parts of a U.S. missile defense system on its territory and said attempts at "blackmail" by Moscow would backfire.
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MOSCOW -- The US national security adviser sought yesterday to ease Russian concerns about American intentions, saying he did not consider a fiery speech by President Vladimir Putin to have been a sign of confrontation, and reiterating reassurances about US missile defense plans.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday stood firm in his country's opposition to a U.S. missile defense system, saying it could lead to "a new spiral in the arms race."
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The Defense Ministry said Wednesday that Moscow was negotiating the sale of anti-aircraft missiles to Syria but insisted they couldn't be used as shoulder-fired weapons, an apparent bid to assuage U.S. and Israeli concerns they might fall into the hands of terrorists.
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President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia threatened to point Russian missiles at Europe if the U.S. builds its missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic.
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A senior U.S. official said on Wednesday Washington's offer to delay activation of its missile defense shield in Europe in exchange for cooperation from Russia did not imply Moscow had a veto.