Russia Announces Its Withdrawal From The INF Treaty, Putin Directs Ministers Not to Start New Talks

Daily Mail: Putin says Russia will follow the US and withdraw from Cold War-era nuclear missile pact and build new hypersonic weapons - as he accuses Trump of being too 'immature' for 'meaningful' talks

* Vladimir Putin said on Saturday in Moscow he would exit the Cold-War era pact
* Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced the US were pulling out on Friday
* Putin said the Kremlin would have to wait until their partners 'matured enough'
* The Gorbachev-Reagan treaty kept intermediate range missiles out of Europe

President Vladimir Putin says he is suspending Russian participation in a landmark Cold War-era missile treaty in response to the US announcement yesterday.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Friday that the US would no longer comply with the treaty which kept intermediate range missiles out of Europe, beginning as soon as Saturday.

Not to be outdone Putin stated today: 'Our American partners have announced they are suspending their participation in the deal, and we are also suspending our participation.'

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