A Russian serviceman walks past Russian Iskander-M missile launchers before a rehearsal for the Victory Day parade at range in Moscow Thomson Reuters
Business Insider/Reuters: After NATO complained about Russia putting nuke-capable missiles in Europe, Kremlin says it can do what it wants
* After NATO criticized Russia placing nuclear-capable missiles in Kaliningrad, Russia's European enclave, Russia said it will do whatever it wants with its missiles.
* Reports of the Kaliningrad deployment are seen as a threat at a time when tensions between Russia and its Western neighbors are running high over Moscow's 2014 annexation of Ukraine's Crimea Peninsula.
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Tuesday it had the right to put weapons anywhere it chose on its own territory, after reports that Moscow had deployed nuclear-capable Iskander missiles in Kaliningrad drew criticism from its neighbors and NATO.
From Kaliningrad, a Russian exclave on the Baltic Sea, the missiles would be able to reach large swathes of territory in NATO-members Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.
The president of Lithuania, which neighbors Kaliningrad, and a senior Russian lawmaker, both said the missile systems had been deployed to the region. Russia has not confirmed the deployment.
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WNU Editor: The Kremlin is basically telling everyone that it is none of their business.
More News On The Kremlin Brushing Away Concerns On Where It Deploys Nuclear Weapons
Russia Tells NATO Not to Worry About New Missiles on the Border -- Newsweek
Russia defends right to deploy missiles after Kaliningrad rebuke -- Reuters
Don't Worry Where Russia Deploys Nuclear Missiles, Says Kremlin -- The Moscow Times
Kremlin: Location of our nukes is none of your business -- Politico.eu
Russia deploys nuclear-capable missiles to border with Poland and Lithuania -- The Independent
Russia deploys nuclear-capable missile system in Kaliningrad: reports -- DW
Russian missile deployment called "threat" to half of Europe -- CBS News
Russia Threatens No One By Deploying Iskander Systems in Kaliningrad - Kremlin -- Sputnik
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