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Russia scraps plan to deploy missiles near Poland

Russia scraps plan to de

SEPTEMBER 19, 2009 14:31

Russia has scrapped a plan to deploy missiles in a region near Poland after US President Barack Obama dumped his predecessor's plan for a missile defense in Eastern Europe, a Russian deputy defense minister said Saturday. Vladimir Popovkin told Ekho Moskvy radio that Obama's move has made the deployment of Iskander short-range missiles in the Kaliningrad region unnecessary. "Reason has prevailed over ambitions," Popovkin said. "Naturally, we will cancel countermeasures which Russia has planned in response." There had already been signals that Russia would scrap the plan after Obama's move, announced Thursday, but Popovkin's statement is the clearest announcement of it.

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