Russia says response to failure of talks with U.S. would be of military-technical nature

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Monday that Moscow's response to any failure of security talks with the United States would be of a military-technical nature but declined to disclose what it would be.

Speaking in Geneva after a round of U.S.-Russia talks, Ryabkov said Moscow was focused on diplomacy for now and did not want to discuss what new military deployments it might make in the event of a breakdown in negotiations.