By Conor Sweeney
Reuters
Nov. 5, 2008
From the article:
QUOTE(Sweeny)
Medvedev attacked the U.S. plan to station parts of its missile defense system in Europe, and said Moscow would respond by deploying missile systems in its Western outpost of Kaliningrad.
He accused Washington of triggering the world financial crisis through its blunders and said selfish U.S. foreign policy had sparked August's war between Russia and Georgia.
He accused Washington of triggering the world financial crisis through its blunders and said selfish U.S. foreign policy had sparked August's war between Russia and Georgia.
Just in case this wasn't clear, see this:
Russia Warns of New Missile Deployment
By ELLEN BARRY and SOPHIA KISHKOVSKY
New York Times
November 5, 2008
From the article:
QUOTE(Barry and Kishkovsky)
In a wide-ranging attack on the United States as it elected a new president, the Russian leader Dmitri A. Medvedev warned on Wednesday that Moscow might deploy short-range missiles in the Baltic region to counter a perceived threat from a proposed American missile defense shield in eastern Europe.
. . .
His remarks, in his first state of the nation address since assuming the presidency in May, was delivered within hours of the election of Barack Obama and offered a chill glimpse into the potential issues and tensions confronting the new American leader when he takes office in January.
. . .
“We earlier planned to take three missile regiments within the missile division stationed in Kozelsk off combat duty and discontinue the division itself by 2010. I have decided to refrain from these plans,” Mr. Medvedev said.
“The Iskander missile system will be deployed in Kaliningrad region to neutralize, when necessary, the missile shield,” Medvedev said.
“Radioelectronic equipment located in the western region” of Russia in the Kaliningrad region “will jam objects of the U.S. missile defense system,” Mr. Medvedev said.
“These are forced measures,” Mr. Medvedev said. “We have told our partners more than once that we want positive cooperation, we want to act together to combat common threats, that we want to act together. But they, unfortunately, don’t want to listen to us.”
He was apparently referring to discussions on the proposed missile shield with the United States.
. . .
His remarks, in his first state of the nation address since assuming the presidency in May, was delivered within hours of the election of Barack Obama and offered a chill glimpse into the potential issues and tensions confronting the new American leader when he takes office in January.
. . .
“We earlier planned to take three missile regiments within the missile division stationed in Kozelsk off combat duty and discontinue the division itself by 2010. I have decided to refrain from these plans,” Mr. Medvedev said.
“The Iskander missile system will be deployed in Kaliningrad region to neutralize, when necessary, the missile shield,” Medvedev said.
“Radioelectronic equipment located in the western region” of Russia in the Kaliningrad region “will jam objects of the U.S. missile defense system,” Mr. Medvedev said.
“These are forced measures,” Mr. Medvedev said. “We have told our partners more than once that we want positive cooperation, we want to act together to combat common threats, that we want to act together. But they, unfortunately, don’t want to listen to us.”
He was apparently referring to discussions on the proposed missile shield with the United States.
Those are nukes and that's just for starters. Medvedev also blamed Russia's hostilities with Georgia and the worldwide financial crisis on the USA.
That speech was supposed to have been given last week.
This thing is very troubling. I dearly hope Obama is up to it...
Biden mentioned six months for a major international headache to erupt. Six hours anyone?
Michael
He has explained many times that our enemies just don't understand us. He'll just go over and have a nice little chat with Putin/Medvedev, a la Neville Chamberlin's example. They just feel insecure and need some sign of reassurance (like oh, maybe,...some of our missile deactivation codes 
).