❗Key takeaways from Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova’s statements:

▪Russia considers the deployment of US intermediate-range missiles in Norway as part of highly destabilizing actions by NATO

▪Deployment sites of US intermediate-range missiles in Norway are becoming a subject of particular attention for Russia

▪Moscow takes into account that intermediate-range missiles deployed in Norway can cover a significant sector of the European part of Russian territory, including Moscow

▪Dialogue with the US on strategic stability did not stall, but was unilaterally interrupted by the Biden administration

▪The deployment of US intermediate-range missiles in Europe will 'nullify' grounds for constructive dialogue with the United States on strategic affairs