Matviyenko said that Germany should not be given hypersonic weapons

The US announced the day before that it would begin deploying long-range weapons, including hypersonic ones, on German territory in 2026. Matviyenko threatened a harsh response, recalling that Germany does not have such a right following the results of the Great Patriotic War.

Following the Second World War, Germany pledged not to deploy hypersonic weapons on its territory, which was recorded in the relevant treaties. Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko told journalist Pavel Zarubin about this.

"I hope that this will not happen, because Russia's response will be tough and adequate. This is simply unacceptable. If you look at all the documents from the post-war period, Germany has no right at all to have weapons of this kind, according to the agreements that were signed," the speaker said, answering a question about Russia's reaction to the US plans to deploy hypersonic weapons in Germany.

Matviyenko did not specify which documents specifically prohibit Germany from deploying hypersonic weapons on its territory. It could be about the "Two Plus Four" agreement, which Senator Sergey Tsekov from Crimea had previously proposed to denounce.

The Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany (the Two Plus Four Agreement) was signed in 1990 between the "two" - the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic - and the four powers that occupied Germany at the end of World War II - France, the USSR, Great Britain and the United States.

The treaty replaced the Potsdam Agreement of 1945, in which the four powers renounced all rights they had over Germany, allowing it to be reunited as a fully sovereign state the following year.

The agreement has ten points. The first two are about borders and the renunciation of  territorial claims against other states. Then there is  the reduction of the Bundeswehr from half a million to 370 thousand people, the withdrawal of Soviet troops by the end of 1994 and the final liquidation of the occupation institutions of the victorious powers.

In addition, the treaty secured the FRG's refusal to wage war with anyone, or to produce nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons. It was also forbidden to deploy foreign troops, nuclear weapons, or their carriers on the territory of the former GDR.