"The United States arrogantly ignored warnings from Russia and China," Russia's veteran foreign minister told state media.

Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov said that Moscow intends to lift the moratorium on the deployment of medium- and short-range missiles that can be

NATO is involved in long-range missile strikes into Russia, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with the Russian TASS news agency.

Russia will scrap a moratorium on the stationing of intermediate and shorter range nuclear-capable missiles because the US has posted such weapons in various regions around the world, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Sunday.