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Putin, speaking during a panel discussion at an international energy conference in Moscow, also said that Russia stands ready to boost natural gas supplies to help assuage nervous energy markets in Europe, insisting that his country wants prices to remain stable.
The United States says it has no immediate plans to deploy such missiles in Europe and has dismissed Putin`s warnings as disingenuous propaganda.
The 1987 treaty eliminated the medium-range missile arsenals of the world`s two biggest nuclear powers, but leaves other countries free to produce and deploy them.
Moscow has refused to destroy the Novator 9M729 missile, insisting it is fully compliant with the treaty.
The United States increasingly finds that Russia cannot be trusted to comply with its arms control obligations and that its coercive and malign actions around the globe have increased tensions.
In a series of New Year greetings to Syria, Britain, Japan, China and US, Putin wrote Trump this Sunday that apart from much failed attempts he wants an open dailouge with US.
Russian President Vladimir Putin says he is prepared to meet President-elect Donald Trump at any time. "It's widely known that the elected president of the United States has publicly called for the normalization of the Russian-American relationship.
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