At her weekly press briefing Nov. 27, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova responded to a question that the collective West should carefully and thoughtfully heed Moscow’s signals regarding Russia’s deployment of intermediate- and short-range missiles, as the signals are crystal clear. The question and response has not yet been officially translated, however, her response per machine translation is clear.
Zakharova told the questioner: “At this stage, there is no need to go into detailed discussions about how and where Russia could deploy land-based medium- and shorter-range missiles. Because this is strategy and tactics. They were voiced in the relevant statements by Russian President V.V. Putin and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia S.A. Ryabkov.
