The US Congress bill on the military containment and the
need to devise a sanctions plan against Russia undermines strategic
stability, a senior Russian Foreign Ministry nonproliferation department
official told Sputnik.
"The danger as we see here, is primarily
in increasing tensions and undermined strategic stability," Department
for Nonproliferation and Arms Control (DNAC) Deputy Director Vladimir
Leontiev said.
Threatening
US actions in relation to compliance with the Intermediate-Range
Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF Treaty) compliance will elicit retaliatory
steps from Russia and increase the risk of conflicts, according
to Vladimir Leontiev.
"When one side demonstratively undertakes
threatening actions and at the same time does not consider the other
party's security interests, this naturally causes certain reciprocal
steps," Department for Nonproliferation and Arms Control (DNAC) Deputy
Director Vladimir Leontiev said.
He added: "This means that the risk of conflicts, even if unintended, increases."
Leontiev spoke nearly a week after a group of 23 US House
of Representatives Armed Services Committee introduced a bill to develop
a national policy to deter Russia and impose sanctions in response
to its alleged non-compliance with the INF Treaty.
