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![Russian President Vladimir Putin (center) attends a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (left) and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu in the Kremlin in Moscow on Saturday. Putin said Russia would abandon the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces treaty, calling it a "symmetrical" response to the U.S. decision to withdraw.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/ap_19033384321387-448d5f9547f5db755dc8e520cd46b445c7c82f71-e1549469876235-900x422.jpg)
Russia Says It Will Build New Missile Systems Within 2 Years
By: Matthew S. Schwartz I NPR
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The U.S. said last week it would stop abiding by the Cold War treaty banning intermediate-range nuclear missiles. “Our response will be symmetrical,” Russian President Vladimir Putin said.
![Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tells reporters Friday that the United States will withdraw from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty with Russia.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/gettyimages-1091980654-920eeb1ba354f98d4df5fb226d325fc61bbeded0-e1549043813810-900x422.jpg)
U.S. Announces It Will Withdraw From Nuclear Arms Control Treaty With Russia
By: Sasha Ingber | NPR
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“When an agreement is so brazenly disregarded and our security is so openly threatened, we must respond,” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said.