“I said right away that we will do the same, but we announce in advance that we will not deploy missiles if we have them - medium-range ground-based, in those regions and until a system appears in these regions American made. Well, he said five times - no one reacts, they haven’t reacted in the States so far, nor in Europe, as if they are deaf, they don’t hear, ”Putin said.

On September 25, it was reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin sent a number of countries, including NATO members, a message containing a proposal to introduce a moratorium on the deployment of medium- and shorter-range missiles in Europe and other regions.

In particular, a letter from the President of Russia on a moratorium on the deployment of the INF Treaty in Europe was received by the head of the diplomacy of the European Union, Federica Mogherini.

On February 2, Putin announced that Russia would not deploy medium- and shorter-range missiles in the regions of the world until similar American-made weapons appear in them.