Russia To Launch A Strike Against Europe

[december]

Putin warns Europe in missile row

Mr Putin says US missile defence plans may spark another arms race
Moscow may target weapons at Europe if the US builds planned missile defence facilities in the region, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said.

Russia has not pointed missiles towards Europe since the end of the Cold War.

Last week, Russia said it had tested a ballistic missile to maintain "strategic balance" in the world.

The US wants to expand its missile defences into Eastern Europe. It says the system is not aimed at Russia but Moscow says its security is threatened.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6717119.stm


Putin threatens to target Europe with missiles

In an interview with the Globe and Mail, Russian President Vladimir Putin has threatened to target Europe with missiles, including potentially nuclear weapons, in a dramatic escalation of his Cold War-style showdown with the United States.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070602.wputin01/BNStory/International/home



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[b]Putin says missile tests were response to NATO's actions

31/ 05/ 2007


[b]MOSCOW, May 31 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's president said Thursday his country's recent tests of new ballistic missiles and possible withdrawal from an arms control treaty are a direct response to harsh, unreasonable actions by NATO countries.

http://en.rian.ru/russia/20070531/66418953.html

[times7]

Its all an illusion,world leaders are all pawns of the NWO

Putin=lapdog

[infinitetruth]

This sounds like things have gone right back to before wwII. Whats going on, what are they playing at?

I don't get whats happening here.

[earthseed]

Use what works: fear. These reptiles human suits are fraying.

[notaslave]

Bet thats not what he said to Baby Bush in their last love-in.

Still it gives the press something to shout about.

[midwich cuckoo]

http://www.halloweenstore.com/Merchant2/graphics/00000001/rubies/50626T.jpg :D

[tinmenace]

Yeah, this is not a well man.

http://www.globalfailure.com/images/PutinPedophile.jpg


30 Second video clip. He just couldn't help himself. You see him sort of hesitate, but he just gave in to it.

[synergy777]

another elite nonce. man with that much power why do these evil people go all nonce or gay. man, the the rajs, sheikhs ahd the right aidea, get yourself a harem, like hugh hefner. they could 2/3 plus chicks, doing whatever they wanted, these men are proper stupid.

“The main features of the Weishaupt plan of operation required his Illuminati to do the following things to help them to accomplish their purpose:

1. Monetary and sex bribery was to be used to obtain control of men already in high places in the various levels of all governments and other fields of endeavor. Once influential persons had fallen for the lies, deceits, and temptations of the Illuminati, they were to be held in bondage by application of political and other forms of blackmail, threats of financial ruin, public exposure, and physical harm, even death to themselves and loved members of their families.

2. The Illuminati who were on the faculty of colleges and universities were to cultivate students possessing exceptional mental ability and who belonged to well-bred families with international leanings, and recommend them for special training in Internationalism. Such training was to be provided by granting scholarships, like the Rhodes Scholarship, to those selected by the Illuminati. All such scholars were to be first persuaded and then convinced that men of special talent and brains had the right to rule those less gifted on the grounds that the masses do not know what is best for them physically, mentally, and spiritually.

3. All influential people who were trapped to come under the control of the Illuminati, plus the students who had been specially educated and trained, were to be used as agents and placed behind the scenes of all governments as experts and specialists. They would advise the top executives to adopt policies which would, in the long run, serve the secret plans of the Illuminati's one world conspiracy, and bring about the destruction of the governments and religions they were elected or appointed to serve.

4. They were to obtain absolute control of the press so that all news and information could be slanted to convince the masses that a one world government is the only solution to our many and varied problems. They were also to own and control all the national radio and TV channels.

After reading these four points of strategy, we have to admit that our mass communications media is controlled at all levels, and that at all levels our governments are also infiltrated and controlled, just like Weishaupt had planned back in the 1700's. Unfortunately, few people are aware of this fact, which is why they make little sense out of many of the world events that take place today.”

— Myron Fagan

[december]

France urges talks to allay Russian concerns on U.S. shield


04/ 06/ 2007



PARIS, June 4 (RIA Novosti) - France's Foreign Ministry called Monday for in-depth consultations with Russia to dispel concerns over the planned deployment of a U.S. missile defense system in Central and Eastern Europe.

The ministry spokesman, Jean-Baptiste Matei, said the need for such talks was evident following last week's remarks by the Russian president, who threatened "an appropriate response" if the U.S. goes ahead with its plans to deploy missile shields in Poland and the Czech Republic, although, France believes the system poses no real threat to Russia.

"The American plan, in its current form, does not seem to us like a blow to balanced relations between Russia and the U.S.," Matei said. "And proliferation of ballistic missiles, especially in the Middle East, is a very serious issue indeed"

In an interview with Western media Friday, Putin said the prospective missile shield, which may destroy the balance in U.S.-Russian relations and reignite Cold War tensions between the world's two major nuclear powers, would be treated by Moscow as a potential target for its strategic missiles.

Speaking ahead of the June 6-8 summit of the Group of Eight leading industrialized nations in Germany, he said, "If part of the U.S.' strategic nuclear arsenal is deployed in Europe and our military experts find that it poses a threat to Russia, we will have to take appropriate retaliatory steps. We will have new targets in Europe."

German Chancellor Angela Merkel earlier urged for broad discussions of the issue, to involve Russia.

Responding to Putin's remarks Monday, British Prime Minister Tony Blair's office said Europe sought a meaningful relationship with Russia and found Russia's behavior quite unsettling.

"What we want is a constructive relationship, but what the nature of that relationship is as much up to Russia as it is to us."

A NATO spokesman, James Appathurai, described Putin's headline-making remarks as unwelcome, adding that Russia is the only country to contemplate aiming missiles at Europe.

The Russian president is set to meet with his U.S. counterpart, George W. Bush, and the other G8 leaders at Germany's Baltic resort of Heiligendamm at a three-day summit beginning on Wednesday.

Russia tested a new ballistic missile capable of carrying multiple nuclear warheads and a new cruise missile last week, saying the tests were part of Moscow's response to the U.S. anti-missile plans.

Washington intends to install ten interceptor missiles in Poland and a radar station in the Czech Republic, allegedly to protect itself and its European allies against potential strikes from rogue states such as Iran. But Moscow fears that rather than providing protection from the Islamic republic, suspected by the U.S. of pursuing a covert nuclear weapons program, the missile shield in Central Europe will undermine security on the continent, and may unleash a new arms race.

http://en.rian.ru/world/20070604/66658827.html

[december]

NATO urges Russia not to unilaterally withdraw from CFE treaty

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05/ 06/ 2007

MOSCOW, June 5 (RIA Novosti) - NATO's Moscow office condemned Moscow's threat to impose a unilateral moratorium on an arms reduction treaty between the Western security alliance and former Eastern Bloc countries, warning of serious consequences.

President Vladimir Putin earlier said Russia could withdraw from the Conventional Forces in Europe treaty, arguing that the pact had not been ratified by any NATO member states. NATO members have demanded that Russia first withdraw from Soviet-era bases in Georgia and Moldova under previous agreements.

In its report circulated Tuesday, the NATO office said that if Russia were to suspend its commitments under the treaty, this would be a direct violation of the document, and warned that as Russia has the greatest military power in Europe, its non-participation in the treaty would lead to serious consequences.

The original CFE treaty, amended in 1999 in Istanbul in line with post-Cold War realities, has so far only been ratified by Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus and Ukraine. The aim of the pact is to force members to reduce their conventional military forces.

Moscow has pointed out that NATO newcomers Slovakia and the three Baltic states have not joined the CFE treaty at all, despite a preliminary agreement that they would do so.

Russia, concerned over Europe's refusal to ratify the re-drafted version of the accord, and the acceptance by certain European Union states of U.S. missile shield plans on the continent, proposed last week holding an emergency CFE conference in Vienna on June 12-15.

http://en.rian.ru/world/20070605/66722740.html

[december]

Putin pledges no action if U.S. agrees to Gabala offer

08/ 06/ 2007

HEILIGENDAMM (Germany), June 8 (RIA Novosti) - Russia will not be forced to take defensive measures if the United States agrees to jointly use a radar in Azerbaijan rather than set up a missile shield in Central Europe, president Putin said.

Vladimir Putin reiterated Friday at a news conference following the G8 summit in Germany that the U.S. missile defense plans are directed against a nonexistent threat, and would undermine Russia's national security.

The previous day, at talks with his U.S. counterpart George W. Bush, Putin offered the Pentagon to use the Soviet-built Gabala radar in Azerbaijan to detect missile launches. Bush did not directly respond to the offer, but a senior White House advisor said the U.S. would consider it.

President Putin said that if Washington agrees, Russia will not be forced to deploy its own missiles in its European exclave of Kaliningrad, or move its missiles closer to Russia's western borders.

Despite repeated U.S. assurances that the Central European missile shield would be directed against unpredictable states such as Iran and North Korea, the president said Moscow is convinced that the plans "undermine the security of Russia and its citizens."

"My Gabala offer for our American partners is much broader than to build a radar there. The main point is that we do not actually need to build anything. Everything was built in Soviet times," he said. "We can upgrade it if necessary, and share all necessary data in real-time mode."

If accepted, Russia's radar solution would automatically help resolve the issue, Putin said.

"In this case, there will be no need for our partners to place offensive weapons in outer space - which in itself is a real threat to international security - or build a new radar in the Czech Republic, or deploy missiles in Poland," he said. "[Interceptor missiles] can be placed on floating platforms, on warships, or in southern countries, including U.S. NATO allies."

Putin specified that if the U.S. agrees to the Russian offer, "there would be no necessity of pointing our missiles at any sites in Europe or in the United States."

The president reiterated that an Iranian missile threat will be out of the question for years to come, and called for a multilateral meeting to assess missile threats that could confront Europe up to 2020.

Acknowledging that consultations and negotiations will take some time, Putin said equal access to such a new system was crucial, and added he hoped no hasty unilateral moves would be made until the process is complete.

"Iran does not have such missiles today. If Iran starts developing them, we will find out immediately. Even if we fail to find it out, we will learn about it as soon as the first tests begin," he said.

Putin dismissed any possibility that a radar as close to Iran's borders as Azerbaijan would damage relations with Tehran.

"I don't think it will harm our relations with Iran because this radar has been operational for quite some time," he said.

The Gabala radar, located near the town of Minchegaur, 120 km (75 miles) from the capital Baku, was leased to Russia for 10 years in 2002.

The radar has been operational since early 1985. With a range of 6,000 kilometers (3,700 miles), it is the most powerful in the region and detects launches of any missiles from Asia, Middle East and parts of Africa. Under current agreements, the radar, Russia's only military facility in Azerbaijan, cannot be put into full combat mode without Baku's prior consent. Its status has been the source of environmental and other tensions in recent years.

In an interview the Associated Press on Friday, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice appeared to throw cold water on Putin's proposal, saying the U.S. would continue its talks with Poland and the Czech Republic on its missile shield plans regardless of whether negotiations begin on the Russian offer.

http://en.rian.ru/world/20070608/66935357.html

Putin suggests Iraq for missile shield

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By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV, Associated Press Writer
20 minutes ago


HEILIGENDAMM, Germany - Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that U.S. missile defense interceptors could be located in Turkey, or even Iraq or on sea platforms, offering yet another alternative to an American plan for a missile shield in eastern Europe.

"They could be placed in the south, in U.S. NATO allies such as Turkey, or even Iraq," Putin said at a news conference after the close of the Group of Eight summit. "They could also be placed on sea platforms."

Putin's proposal on missile defense interceptors followed his surprise suggestion Thursday to President Bush to share use of the huge Soviet-era radar at Gabala in northeast Azerbaijan, now leased by Russia.

The proposal came after Putin spent weeks bitterly denouncing a U.S. proposal to build the missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic, to defend against a future missile threat from Iran.

As he spoke Friday, a man threw a handful of leaflets into the air, momentarily disrupting the briefing.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070608/ap_on_re_eu/russia_us_missiles

[emily]

I hope Croatia will never be in NATO

[december]

I hope Croatia will never be in NATO

Hello, emily.
Do you know on who's side was Croatia during Second World War?

[splinterg]

Hello, emily.
Do you know on who's side was Croatia during Second World War?

I came across this..

Myth: All Croatians were Fascists during World War II. The Serbian apologist writer Nora Beloff writing in the Washington Post may have been the first to add the astounding claim that "all Serbs were pro-Allied."

Reality: Both Croatia and Serbia had pro-Axis governments during World War II. All of the nations of Yugoslavia had elements which supported the Axis and all had elements that were anti-Axis during the War. However, it was the Croatian dominated Partisans, led by the Croatian Josip Broz Tito which formed the only true anti-Fascist fighting force in Yugoslavia and the most formidable Allied force in occupied Europe during World War II.


http://wap.macedonia.org/myth/wwtwo.html

Hope this helps

[december]

Thank you, splinterg.
By the way, do you know the NATO responce to Russia's proposal?

[splinterg]

Thank you, splinterg.
By the way, do you know the NATO responce to Russia's proposal?

The Russians proposal to move their missiles you mean or do you mean to join in sharing the radar in Azerbhaijan with the US?

[eternal_spirit]

Putins full of poo. One reason for the cold war was that it was an excuse to hide their real agenda, which was and is a way to raise money for their space sattelites, big brother and weapons to use on the masses us the commoners.

Same goes for NASA and all the other space projects they're not up there to collect moon dust etc, but to work on their weapons out in space. Why do you think Government's set a budget for these projects then end up spending Billions more? It's a vast network designed to control the population.

Ask yourself this....Why would the Elite wan't to blow the Planet up they wouldn't wan't to live amongst the aftermath of a nuclear holocaust.
When they can control us in secret with hidden weaponry technologies, or take out their enemys silentley.

[emily]

Croatians were on all sides like now too :D
Anyway, I still don` want Croatia go in NATO. We don`t have any enemies to be protected from. We don` need NATO and we won`t die for west.

[december]

The Russians proposal to move their missiles you mean or do you mean to join in sharing the radar in Azerbhaijan with the US?

Yes, splinterg, I was asking about a base in Azerbhaijan.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070608/ap_on_re_eu/russia_us_missiles

[splinterg]

Yes, splinterg, I was asking about a base in Azerbhaijan.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070608/ap_on_re_eu/russia_us_missiles

I dont think it matters what the US an Russia play out in the media..the chances are most Russian damage will come from weapons launched from space..If the aggressor waits for the perfect timing there is no radar system on earth that could stop a nuke frtom hitting its target from maybe 220 miles up that kinda height I would of thought it dont matter how far your radar can scan..face it it is gonna happen it has to happen

[december]

I dont think it matters what the US an Russia play out in the media

US and Russia don't PLAY anything out in the media. In fact the american media ignored this issue for almost a year.

It's just Putin took advantage of the G8 meeting to deliver the message to the public.

[splinterg]

US and Russia don't PLAY anything out in the media. In fact the american media ignored this issue for almost a year.

It's just Putin took advantage of the G8 meeting to deliver the message to the public.

They(US) can afford to ignore the Russians because they know the game..whilst they ignore they move their pieces accordingly and so too the Russians and anyone else who might want an angle or a cast in the game later..In short the puppets that are dangled in front of us are a cover hiding the real events that go on behind close doors..Im sure really the russians and the us are great friends..and both understand the importance of the parts they must play

[december]

Russia FM warns U.S. against pressing ahead with missile shield

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21/ 06/ 2007



MOSCOW, June 21 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's foreign minister said Thursday U.S. plans to deploy its missile shield in Europe were seen as "containment-minded" and warned rejection of Russia's alternative offer would deepen Moscow's suspicion over Washington's "controversial" objectives.

"Our view that the establishment of a 'third site' in Europe is not intended to address a threat from Iran will just be confirmed," Sergei Lavrov told a Carnegie Moscow Center seminar, responding to questions about a possible refusal by the U.S. to join the Gabala radar project in Azerbaijan, proposed by Vladimir Putin at the G8 summit in Germany earlier this month.

Talking to an audience brought together to mark the 200th anniversary of Russia-U.S. diplomatic relations, he described U.S. plans to place a radar and a dozen interceptor missiles in Poland and the Czech Republic, ostensibly to address a missile threat from "rogue states" such as Iran, as "containment-minded" and directed against Russia.

"A planned European missile defense base fits, like the last piece of a jigsaw puzzle, in a picture of the global U.S. missile defense system located - accidentally or not - around Russia's borders. I do not think that this is accidental," Lavrov said.

"The response to this strategic challenge will, of course, also be strategic," he said but added that Russia would "prefer to work together, as President Vladimir Putin suggested at a meeting with President George W. Bush in Heiligendamm."

He called for a collective approach on missile defense, where European countries would be involved on an equal basis, rather than as hosts of a U.S. unilateral plan. With such a joint approach and a powerful capability Gabala is, Lavrov said, a "third site" in Central Europe, which he described as "controversial" and "boding ill for strategic stability," would become unnecessary.

"I know many people in Europe who are rightfully concerned about the negative consequences of a U.S. national missile defense system in Europe for the process of global disarmament," he said.

"It will be very unfortunate if unnecessary haste over issues that can and should be put on the backburner provoked alienation between Russia and the U.S.," he said.

"We would like to think that talks between Russian and U.S. Presidents in Kennebunkport will help remove these risks and facilitate a partnership on all questions - missile defense, Kosovo, START, any other issue important for global stability - in which neither side will lose its prestige," the chief Russian diplomat said.

http://en.rian.ru/russia/20070621/67620427.html

[december]

Russia says it hopes for missile defense agreement with U.S.

22/ 06/ 2007


MOSCOW, June 22 (RIA Novosti) - Moscow hopes to reach an agreement on missile defense with the U.S., Russia's foreign minister said Friday in an interview with TV network Vesti 24.

"What we have so far, is an agreement to arrange a meeting between the Russian and U.S. presidents to discuss this issue. There is an agreement to set up a joint working group, and we will do our best to convert these contacts into results," Sergei Lavrov said.

"I am convinced that the commander-in-chief, the General Staff, and the Defense Ministry will do everything to make us feel confident about Russia's security," he said.

"The U.S. is convinced that Iran is a threat; we are ready to prove - using the radar if necessary - that these fears are unwarranted," the Russian minister said.

Answering the question on what measures Russia is ready to take if no agreement with the U.S. is reached, Lavrov said:

"The Russian President has made it clear that [what was said] was not a threat or political stunt. It is a military planners' job to make appropriate decisions as the strategic architecture in other countries changes," Lavrov said.

U.S. President George W. Bush invited Vladimir Putin to his father's house at Kennebunkport, Maine, on July 1-2. Putin's aide Igor Shuvalov has said the meeting is not expected to bring any decisive results on missile defense.

http://en.rian.ru/russia/20070622/67670832.html

[december]

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov - "The response to this strategic challenge will, of course, also be strategic," he said but added that Russia would "prefer to work together, as President Vladimir Putin suggested at a meeting with President George W. Bush in Heiligendamm."

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Czech govt. okays U.S. radar deployment near Prague

03/ 07/ 2007


WARSAW, July 3 (RIA Novosti) - The Czech government has given the U.S. the go ahead to deploy a missile-defense radar near the town of Misov, 90 kilometers (50 miles) southwest of Prague, the country's Security Council official said Tuesday.

Tomas Klvana, a Security Council spokesman, said the deployment of a U.S. missile-defense system two kilometers (1.2 miles) from Misov, in proximity to a military base, is the best possible option from the viewpoint of military and political security.

"The Security Council agreed with the Defense Ministry's proposals," he said, adding that the site would need to be thoroughly studied before a final decision is made.

The final decision on the deployment of a U.S. radar is to be made by the Czech parliament, with the opposition demanding a nationwide referendum on the issue.

The United States seeks to deploy 10 interceptors in Poland and a radar in the Czech Republic, to protect itself and its European allies against a potential strike from Iran or some other "rogue state."

Russia is strongly opposed to the shield plan, and has dismissed arguments that it would make Europe a safer place.

President Vladimir Putin proposed in June that the U.S. use a powerful radar station Russia leases from the Caucasus state to monitor possible attacks from Iran and North Korea instead of opening installations in Central Europe, which Moscow regards as a threat to its security.

During his informal talks with George W. Bush Monday, Putin proposed that Russia and the United States could jointly use a radar in southern Russia, in addition to the early warning facility in Gabala in Azerbaijan.

He also proposed setting up a missile defense data exchange center in Moscow and Brussels, as well as expanding the number of countries involved in countering global challenges.

http://en.rian.ru/world/20070703/68270847.html

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[december]

U.S. may freeze financing of missile shield plans - senator

09/ 07/ 2007


MOSCOW, July 9 (RIA Novosti) - The U.S. Senate could freeze funding for the deployment of missile shield elements in Central Europe, despite recent statements made by the U.S. Secretary of State, a senior Russian senator said Monday.

Last Friday U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said in an interview with CNBC television channel that the United States was not in favor of the Russian proposals, and will continue with its plans to deploy an antimissile shield in Poland and the Czech Republic.

In an interview published on the United Russia pro-presidential political party's Web site, Konstantin Kosachyov, chairman of the State Duma International Affairs Committee, said "at the current stage this statement was made not in the context of Russia-American talks, but rather in the context of U.S. internal politics."

In an initial response to the U.S. move, Moscow threatened to point Russian warheads at Europe and pull out of a conventional arms reduction treaty, the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty (CFE), but seemingly softened its stance when Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed at a Group of Eight leading industrialized nations summit in Germany jointly use of the Gabala radar in the former Soviet republic of Azerbaijan.

The senator said that U.S. Congress, which is heavily influenced by the Democratic Party, has repeatedly raised doubts about the expediency of plans to deploy the missile shield in Central Europe.

"Moreover, we have information that this Wednesday the U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services will hold a session and as experts predict it is highly likely the session will decide to freeze project funds for the deployment of a missile shield in Poland and the Czech Republic," Kosachyov said.

He said that under such circumstances it would be a painful defeat for the Bush administration, which is trying to demonstrate its confidence and drive.

"That is why I consider Condoleezza Rice's statement sad, because it was made before experts had even started their work," the senator said.

During his informal talks with George W. Bush last week Monday, President Putin proposed that the United States jointly use a radar being built in southern Russia, in addition to the early warning facility in Gabala.

http://en.rian.ru/world/20070709/68638471.html

[december]

U.S. missile plans goad Russia into retaliation - expert


10/ 07/ 2007



MOSCOW, July 10 (RIA Novosti) - U.S. plans to deploy its missile shield in Poland and the Czech Republic is a ploy to militarize Europe and lure Russia into retaliation, a Russian political expert said Tuesday.

"By placing elements of its missile shield [in Europe], the United States is attempting to secure adequate financing for its missile defense program, which is highly ineffective, to introduce a structural element of confrontation in Europe, which will always be an irritant, and to goad Russia into some response," said Sergei Karaganov, chairman of the Council for Foreign and Defense Policy.

U.S. plans to place 10 interceptors in Poland, and a radar in the Czech Republic have become one of the main issues of contention in relations between Russia and United States, bringing them recently to their lowest point since the Cold War.

In an initial response to the U.S. move, Moscow threatened to point Russian warheads at Europe and pull out of a conventional arms reduction treaty, the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty (CFE), but seemingly softened its stance when President Vladimir Putin proposed at a Group of Eight leading industrialized nations summit in Germany to jointly use the Gabala radar in the former Soviet republic of Azerbaijan.

During his informal talks with George W. Bush early last week, the Russian president also proposed that the United States jointly use a radar being built in southern Russia, in addition to the missile early warning facility in Gabala.

Washington appeared to have welcomed the Russian initiatives, but U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said July 7 that despite Russia's alternative proposals on security guarantees in Europe the United States would continue efforts to deploy missile defense elements in Ñentral Europe.

Earlier last week, Russia's First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov, who is in charge of the country's defense industry and a leading candidate to succeed Putin as the Russian president, suggested that Moscow could deploy new missiles in western Russia if Washington rejects Russia's proposals.

Russian military experts immediately supported his statements by saying Russia could deter U.S. global missile defense plans by large-scale deployment of RS-24 ICBMs with multiple warheads, Bulava-30 sea-launched missiles, and short range Iskander-M missiles based in the Kaliningrad Region bordering NATO countries.

Karaganov warned Tuesday that Russia should exercise caution and never let the West lure it into the trap of starting an arms race similar to the Cold War period.

"If this is bait, we should not take it, and we must avoid loudly declaring our intent to deploy middle-range ballistic missiles, which we do not have, etc," the political expert said.

http://en.rian.ru/russia/20070710/68697080.html