On Wednesday 31 July, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg once again called on Russia to respect the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF), which he described as the “cornerstone of European security for decades”.
If Moscow does not comply with this agreement by Friday 2 August, the United States’ withdrawal from the treaty will take effect and it will no longer be active. The United States and NATO accuse Russia of deploying a new intermediate-range missile called the...