Russia Warns Build-Up Of US Weapons Near Its Borders Risks Repeat Of Cuban Missile Crisis As Moscow Warship Docks In Havana

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We could find ourselves in a situation where we have a rocket crisis close not just to the crisis of the 1980s but close to the Caribbean crisis

Sergei RyabkovRussian Deputy Foreign Minister

Russia has also been fiercely critical of President Trump’s recent withdrawal from the INF arms control treaty.

Mr Ryabkov said yesterday: “If things get as far as an actual deployment on the ground of these sorts of systems, then the situation won’t just get more complicated, it will escalate right to the limit.

“We could find ourselves in a situation where we have a rocket crisis close not just to the crisis of the 1980s but close to the Caribbean crisis” – the Russian term for the 1962 Cuban standoff.

Russian President Vladimir Putin made similar remarks in February.

He warned that Moscow would match any US move to deploy new nuclear missiles closer to Russia by stationing its own missiles closer to the US.

Earlier that month, the United States said it would withdraw from the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty with Russia in six months.

It would do so unless Moscow ended violations of the landmark 1987 arms control pact – although Russia denies any violations.

RUSSIAN WARSHIP

The warning came as one of the Russian navy’s most advanced warships entered Havana’s harbour on Monday.

It docked at the port used until this month by US cruise lines – with tourists seen taking photos of the imposing vessel.

The Admiral Gorshkov – which entered service last year – is armed with cruise missiles, air defence systems and other weapons.

The frigate is based at the Arctic port of Severomorsk and is part of Russia’s Northern Fleet.

It’s the first ship in a new class of frigates intended to replace aging Soviet-era destroyers to project power far away from Russian shores.

The ship is accompanied by the logistics vessel Elbrus, the medium sea tanker Kama and the rescue tug Nikolai Chiker, the Russian navy said.

Cuban forces  stationed at the entrance to the Bay of Havana greeted it with a 21-gun salute – and the Gorshkov responded with its own salute.

Russia has not provided details about the purpose of its trip.

But the Kremlin has moved to bolster Russia’s military capability amid tensions with the West following the annexation of Crimea in 2014.

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