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US withdrawal from ABM does not pose threat to Russia - Yabloko leader Interfax

Moscow, 13 December: The US intention to unilaterally secede from the 1972 ABM treaty does not pose a military threat to Russia, leader of the State Duma's Yabloko faction Grigoriy Yavlinskiy said on Ekho Moskvy radio on Thursday [13 December].

"The scale and capacities of our strategic forces are such that within the next few decades neither Americans nor anybody else will be able to design a shield for counteracting our abilities from the point of view of strategic security and defence," Yavlinskiy said.

He said, however, that he did not have "pleasant feelings about such actions on the part of the Americans". The decision cannot be described "as the step of a partner, especially as we have become closer in the antiterrorist coalition", the lawmaker remarked.

In this situation Russia should seek new forms of strategic stability and cooperation with the United States, Yavlinskiy said. He called for signing a new agreement with the United States, Great Britain, France and "possibly, China".

It is also necessary to design a Russia-Europe antimissile tactical system with the use of Russia's territory, tactical and military capacities, including S-300 and S-400 technologies, Yavlinskiy said. "This umbrella" will bring colossal investments to the Russian defence industry, he said.

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