Cold War

Guardian UK: Russia may be forced to aim weapons at Washington, suggests Putin - ‘Centres of decision making’ will be targeted if west deploys new missiles in Europe

The treaty, concluded by Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev, banned the development and deployment of land-based missiles with a range of 500-5,500km and was widely credited with banishing nuclear missiles from Europe. The US, led by the national security adviser, John Bolton, suspended the treaty this month amid claims that Moscow had secretly developed a cruise missile that violated the agreement. Russia denies this.