According to estimates by the Russian Foreign Ministry, the US will withdraw from the INF Treaty regardless of Moscow’s moves

At a briefing on the 9M729 missile, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said that the Russian Federation is confident that the US intention to withdraw from the INF Treaty does not depend on the actions and opinions of the Russian side. The real reason, he said, is that Washington is striving for complete freedom, choosing the means of counteraction to countries that have intermediate and shorter-range missiles, and which are considered by the United States to be geopolitical adversaries and opponents.

Ryabkov stressed that Moscow's position is that even if the US stops its participation in the treaty on intermediate and shorter-range missiles, the document remains in effect. It is required for execution. The Americans are going to stop fulfilling their obligations from February XNUMX. They motivate this by the fact that Russia is not eliminating its violation.

Ryabkov said that the Russian side believes that there are no violations on its part. The rationale for exit, which leads Washington, is negligible and not wealthy. It's just "Political games".

DSYP The Soviet Union and the United States signed December 8 1987 of the year. He began to act with 1 June 1988 of the year. The document prohibits the manufacture and deployment of ground-based ballistic and cruise missiles. We are talking about medium-range missiles - from 1000 to 5500 kilometers and about short-range missiles - from 500 to 1000 kilometers.

The fact that the US is going to withdraw from the treaty, Donald Trump said in October. At the same time, he cited a non-existent violation from the Russian side as a reason. In early December, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made a statement, which became an ultimatum to Russia. Washington demanded that the 9М729 rocket be destroyed or modified during 60 days, violating, according to the US government, the terms of the treaty. Called Pompeo deadline is February 2.

Ryabkov called such requirements unacceptable. For Russia, they are unacceptable. In Washington, they know about it.