A jet flies above the Red Square, Moscow, during the WW2 Victory Parade, May 9, 2008. The Kremlin used the parade to demonstrate the combat power of the country to the world at large.
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Russia to Secure Itself In Context of U.S. Missile Defense Shield in Europe
Russia harbors no doubts about its ability to secure the country in the context of deploying components of the U.S. missile defense shield in Europe, RIA Novosti reported.
“At all events, don’t be anxious, our security will be safeguarded. We will be certainly enhancing the security of our state no matter how the situation will develop,” Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Kislyak told reporters Thursday.
The diplomat evaded the query about the actual steps that Moscow is planning to make.
“Let’s not speculate about the actions. Military experts have a raft of options,” the deputy minister specified.
The Kremlin has escalated the sabre-rattling rhetoric once the U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice inked a treaty in Prague July 8, 2008, allowing the U.S. to build a missile defence radar in the Czech Republic. Moscow opposes too close location of the U.S. shield despite all assurance of Washington that the facilities are aimed at Iran.
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