tended to violate the treaty a russian foreign ministry spokesman said the u.s. move was part of a strategy to daunt its international legal obligations earlier g.w.s. moscow correspondent emily sure when told us more about the kremlin's reaction the foreign ministry actually said that they reserve the right to respond i think this is more likely to be a response to the rhetoric we heard on the u.s. side and just the russian rhetoric as it were russia really doesn't respond well to the language of ultimatums and i think they're making that clear with this harsh response the other thing i think is just basically a testament to how bad relations have gotten we've heard a lot of anti u.s. rhetoric in the build up to this decision head of the decision today russia was accusing the u.s. of not sticking to its international obligations of not being open for dialogue at all and i think what we'll continue to see in these next six months when the withdrawal the withdrawal period is basically both sides continuing to trade