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Putin says Russia isn’t afraid of another missile crisis with US

It isn't all one way. We withdrew from the 1987 Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty because they breached it, which they clearly did, and Putin came back and threatened us:

"...He said Russian armed forces could deploy nuclear missiles on ships and submarines in territorial waters outside the US if Washington begins to move new short- and intermediate-range rockets in Europe. “We can put them, given the speed and range [of our missiles] in neutral waters. Plus, they are not stationary; they move, and they will have to find them,” Putin said. “You work it out. Mach 9 and over 1,000 kilometers,” he added, noting the speed and range of the rockets..."

That said, we should deal with Russia on the basis of what they are, a third world economy with a crappy military, producing weapons with technology stolen from the West and supplying weapons to countries that don't have the means to produce advanced weapons themselves.

They aren't stupid enough to really go to war, so we should largely ignore them and their threats and treat with them for what they are.

"Putin says Russia isn’t afraid of another missile crisis with US"

March 2012...

"Obama was talking with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev when neither of them realized that their conversation was being picked up by microphones.

Here is what they said:

Obama: "On all these issues, but particularly missile defense, this, this can be solved, but it's important for him to give me space."

Medvedev: "Yeah, I understand. I understand your message about space. Space for you ..."

Obama: "This is my last election. After my election, I have more flexibility."

Medvedev: "I understand. I will transmit this information to Vladimir."

"This is my last election. After my election I have more flexibility."

That statement tells us much about the president's mindset.

The specific mention of missile defense is worrisome enough.

Mr. Obama has retreated from the missile defense plan that was negotiated with European allies during the George W. Bush administration.

Apparently, he is signaling Moscow that he intends to retreat further. The clear implication from the president's comments is that he cannot tell the American people before the election what he plans to do after the election.

In addition, there is the phrase "on all these issues," implying more is at stake than just missile defense."

Article: Obama plans double cross on missile defense
When it comes to keeping America safe, we shouldn't be too flexible:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/mar/29/obama-plans-double-cross-on-missile-defense/print/

Feb 9, 2017:

Exclusive: In call with Putin, Trump denounced Obama-era nuclear arms treaty [New Start Treaty] - sources

By Jonathan Landay and David Rohde

February 9, 2017

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In his first call as president with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump denounced a treaty that caps U.S. and Russian deployment of nuclear warheads as a bad deal for the United States, according to two U.S. officials and one former U.S. official with knowledge of the call.

When Putin raised the possibility of extending the 2010 treaty, known as New START, Trump paused to ask his aides in an aside what the treaty was, these sources said.

Trump then told Putin the treaty was one of several bad deals negotiated by the Obama administration, saying that New START favored Russia. ...”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/exclusive-call-putin-trump-denounced-obama-era-nuclear-171036908.html?ref=gs

or,

https://web.archive.org/web/20170209182918/https://www.yahoo.com/news/exclusive-call-putin-trump-denounced-obama-era-nuclear-171036908.html?ref=gs