Putin warns of new missile crisis
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Russian leader Vladimir Putin says US plans for a missile shield are as risky as the 1960s Cuban missile crisis.
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Lithuania said on Thursday it was worried about Russia's threat to deploy new missiles in the neighboring region of Kaliningrad.
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A senior Russian official warned Wednesday that Moscow could put new missiles in western Russia if Washington pursues plans to build a missile defense system in the Czech Republic and Poland.
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MOSCOW  - President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that Russia is developing a new form of nuclear missile unlike those held by other countries, news agencies reported.
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KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine  - Russian President Vladimir Putin made a new counter-proposal to President George W. Bush on Monday for expanded cooperation on missile defense, an issue that has strained relations between their countries.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin promised on Thursday new nuclear weapons as part of Moscow's military build-up, saying the experience of Iraq showed the need for resource-rich countries to keep strong defenses.
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The Russian president warns of a new arms race over Ukraine's NATO membership and possible hosting of US missile defense shield.
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Russia is working on new nuclear missile systems that other powers do not have in order to protect itself against future security threats, President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday.
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MOSCOW -- Russia is developing a new nuclear missile system unlike any weapon held by other countries, President Vladimir Putin announced yesterday, in a move that could serve as a message to the United States as Washington pushes forward with a missile defense system.
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Russia's threat to aim its missiles at targets in Europe is out of step with the spirit of NATO-Russian partnership, the alliance's chief said on Tuesday after talks with President Vladimir Putin.
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BERLIN -- Setting an uncompromising tone before the start of the Group of Eight summit meeting in Germany on Wednesday, President Vladimir Putin has warned that Moscow would be forced to find missile targets of its own in Europe if the United States built its missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic.
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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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Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday the proposed U.S. missile defense shield in Eastern Europe has similarities to the Cuban missile crisis of the 1960s.
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President Vladimir Putin said today that Russia could re-deploy weapons if its concerns were not heeded.
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President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that tests of new Russian missiles were a response to the planned deployment of U.S. missile defense installations and other forces in Europe, suggesting Washington has triggered a new arms race.
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President Vladimir Putin on Thursday scoffed at Washington's claims that possible deployment of U.S. missile defense sites in central Europe was intended to counter threats posed by Iran and said that Russia would take countermeasures.
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Russian President Putin  says a missile test was in answer to US plans to create a defence shield in Central Europe.