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Russia ready to start production of medium-range missiles in response to US actions: Putin

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Russia is ready to start producing short- and medium-range missiles in response to U.S. actions, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday.

"I said that in connection with the withdrawal of the United States from the Intermediate Nuclear Force (INF) Treaty and the announcement that they start production, we also consider that we have the right to begin research, development, and production (of these missiles) in the future," Putin told reporters after the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Astana.

Russia is carrying out such research and development and is ready to start production, he said, adding that Moscow can act in a similar way in case U.S. short-and medium-range missiles are deployed in any region of the world.

The United States and the Soviet Union signed the INF treaty in 1987, which prohibited possessing, developing and testing ground-launched missiles with a range of 500-5,500 km.

In 2019, the United States officially announced its withdrawal from the INF treaty.

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