It is hard to imagine that U.S.-Russian relations could get much worse, but sadly, they are unlikely to get better anytime soon. Over the past two decades, Russian President Vladimir Putin has defined his country’s interests in ways that are incompatible with the interests of the United States and its European allies. The latter believe that democracy, the rule of law, and the provision of security to eastern European countries enhance stability; Putin, meanwhile, considers the spread of democracy to be a threat to his regime and believes that having vulnerable neighbors enhances Russian security.
Any sustained improvement of relations between the United States and Russia beyond progress on arms control (such as the recent extension of the New START treaty) would require one of two concessions: either the United States shelves its foundational support for democracy and formally recognizes a Russian-privileged sphere of influence in the former Soviet Union or the Russian president
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Moscow expresses security concerns in light of US, UK plans to deploy missiles
Moscow expresses security concerns in light of US, UK plans to deploy missiles
Last Updated: Mon, Apr 5th, 2021, 16:25:07hrs
Moscow [Russia], April 5 (ANI/Sputnik): Washington s and London s plans to deploy ground-based short- and intermediate-range missiles in various regions across the world hinder the effort to prevent a large-scale escalation, the Russian Foreign Ministry s spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova, said on Monday.
In the past few weeks, the Pentagon made quite many statements on practical steps toward deploying missiles, which were previously banned by the now-defunct Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF), and the UK military joined the overtly hostile and destabilizing statements and actions, Zakharova recalled in her statement, released by the Russian Foreign Ministry.
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