Russian President Vladimir Putin criticised the US’ deployment of air defence system to Romania, during a meeting with Russia’s country’s top military officers and officials in Sochi, Friday. SOT, Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation (Russian): "The latest events show that the situation has not improved. Unfortunately, it is deteriorating. I am referring to the setting-up of a radio detecting and ranging station in Romania as one of the elements of the United States challenging the air defence system. We expressed our concerns many times, offered cooperation, offered to work jointly with our American partners. In fact all this was denied. We are invited not to work but to talks on the issue, nothing specific. Everything is done in an unilateral manner, and without any attention to our concerns." SOT, Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation (Russian): "This is not a defence system. This is the part of the nuclear strategic potential of the United States placed on our periphery. In this case, the periphery is in Eastern Europe. The people who take these decisions must know that till now they lived calmly, comfortably and in safety. Now, after the deployment of air defence elements, we will be forced to think about blocking the threats concerning the security of the Russian Federation." SOT, Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation (Russian): "All our opponents were saying unanimously that air defence system is necessary to our western partners, in Europe and in the United States, in order to prevent missile and nuclear threats from Iran. Where are these nuclear threats from Iran? There are no threats. The United States themselves signed the treaty with Iran, were among those who initiated the signing of the treaty. They did it right, we supported this position of the US Administration, but there is no threat. But the creation of the air defence system continues." SOT, Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation (Russian): "The launching platforms that will be deployed after the activation of the radar station in Romania, the launching platforms will be deployed also in Poland. They can easily be used for the deployment of intermediate and short range ballistic missiles." SOT, Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation (Russian): "The deployment of the Aegis system in the Mediterranean, a radar in Romania and later a missile defence site in Poland - those are additional steps to undermine the global security system and to launch a new arms race. As we have said before we will not be dragged into this race." Video ID: 20160513 042 Video on Demand: http://www.ruptly.tv Contact: cd@ruptly.tv Twitter: http://twitter.com/Ruptly Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Ruptly LiveLeak: http://www.liveleak.com/c/Ruptly Vine: https://vine.co/Ruptly Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/Ruptly YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/RuptlyTV DailyMotion: http://www.dailymotion.com/ruptly