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Putin: Russia Will Respond in Kind if US Quits Missile Treaty

by Reuters

   SOCHI, RUSSIA --

   Russia will respond immediately and symmetrically if the United States
   quits the intermediate-range nuclear forces treaty, Russian President
   Vladimir Putin said on Thursday.

   Moscow is ready to develop new weapons systems, both nuclear and
   non-nuclear, in response to other countries doing the same, Putin said
   at a forum with scholars.