Source: Al Jazeera [Qatari state media]
“Russia is no longer bound by a moratorium on the deployment of short- and medium-range nuclear missiles, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said, with former President Dmitry Medvedev blaming NATO’s ‘anti-Russian policy’ and warning that Moscow will take ‘further steps’ in response. Medvedev, who has engaged in a war of words on social media with United States President Donald Trump, made his latest broadside after the Foreign Ministry’s announcement on Monday. … Last week, Trump said that he had ordered two US nuclear submarines to be repositioned to ‘the appropriate regions’ in response to Medvedev’s remarks about the risk of war between Washington and Moscow. In its statement, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said the developing situation in Europe and the Asia Pacific prompted its reassessment on the deployment of short- and medium-range missiles.” (08/05/25)