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Russia warns U.S. over naval incident as NATO tensions

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respond with "all necessary measures" to any future incidents.

Speaking after a meeting between NATO envoys and Russia, their first in almost two
years, Moscow's ambassador to NATO said the April 11 maritime incident showed there
could be no improvement in ties until the U.S.-led alliance withdrew from Russia's borders.

"This is about attempts to exercise military pressure on Russia," the envoy, Alexander
Grushko, said. "We will take all necessary measures, precautions, to compensate for these
attempts to use military force," he told reporters.

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"We were in international waters," a NATO diplomat reported Lute as telling Grushko
during the NATO-Russia council meeting.

Despite what officials said was a calm and professional meeting, the public comments
highlighted the state of tension that persists between the sides since Moscow's annexation
of Ukraine's Crimea in March 2014 and its support for separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine.

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NATO envoys had expressed concern about Russia's so-called snap exercises, where
thousands of Russian troops carry out war games without any prior warning. "That is
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Russia denies any direct involvement in eastern Ukraine.

(Reporting by Robin Emmott; Editing by Richard Balmforth)

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