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 In a statement responding to a U.S. State Department report
accusing Russia of violating its arms treaty obligations, the
Russian Foreign Ministry also said Russia was not carrying out any
"unusual military activity".
"The conclusion from the report is that the State Department still
prefers the propagandistic approach to thoughtful, detailed and
substantive discussion of problems (over implementation of arms
control treaties)," the ministry said.
Accusing Washington of using "megaphone diplomacy", it denied Russia
had violated the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces treaty (INF)
agreed in 1987 by the United States and the Soviet Union on
eliminating nuclear and conventional ground-launched ballistic and
cruise missiles with a range of 500-5,500 km (310-3,417 miles).
Rejecting criticism of Russia over the conflict in Ukraine, the
ministry said Washington was making no effort to resolve the crisis
and was "pushing the current Kiev authorities into continuing the
fratricidal intra-state conflict".
The statement did not elaborate.
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The United States has accused Russia of sending arms and soldiers to
back pro-Russian separatists fighting government forces in east
Ukraine and Western leaders have accused Moscow of building up
forces near the border with Ukraine.
The Foreign Ministry noted that Moscow had repeatedly denied such
accusations.
(Reporting by Maria Kiselyova, writing by Timothy Heritage, editing
by Elizabeth Piper)
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