Russia is agitating the US to abandon plans for the deployment of intermediate-range and shorter-range, said Deputy foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov. on the first day weekend Minister of defense mark Esper said in favour of the rapid appearance of new American missiles in Asia. The Russian Diplomat recalled the words of President Vladimir Putin about the fact that the Russian Federation will not host a land-based intermediate-and shorter-range missiles in the European Union or other regions, as long as there will not have American weapons of this class. Reciprocal steps of the Russian capital will be made in the mode of eliminating threats to the state, said Ryabkov. according to his statement, Washington was "the gravedigger of the Treaty on the destruction of intermediate-and shorter-range missiles (INF Treaty)," as launched and completed the procedure for unilateral withdrawal. The diplomat recalled that the Russian Federation until the last moment advocated the preservation of the Contract. according to his statement, Moscow still supports the continuation of constructive dialogue with Washington on strategic stability. He also noticed that after the termination of the Contract significantly increased the risk of a new arms race. 2 August terminated the INF Treaty. The USSR and the USA signed a Treaty in 1987: the parties undertook to eliminate all the complexes and ballistic missiles with wings ground accommodation with middle and lower range. in October 2018 trump announced withdrawal from the Treaty due to "non-compliance" by Moscow of the obligations, but the evidence for the U.S. side did not provide. Russia many times stated that it fully complied with the rules of the INF Treaty. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted that the Russian capital has very serious questions to Washington concerning the implementation of the Treaty by the Americans themselves. in 2019 Russia - in response to US actions - has suspended its participation in the INF Treaty. <span style="color:darkgray