Russia warns of another Cuban missile crisis Unlisted Video

On Monday Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov. said that the U.S. deployment of land-based missile systems near Russia’s borders could lead to a stand-off comparable to the 1962 Cuban missile crisis. Reuter reports that Russia has been fiercely critical of U.S. plans to deploy missile systems in eastern Europe, and of Washington’s withdrawal from the INF arms control treaty. The Cuban missile crisis erupted in 1962 when the Soviet Union responded to a U.S.