Russia on Tuesday blamed Washington for the looming collapse of a key arms control deal after fresh talks to save the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty led nowhere.

Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov at the 10th BRICS Leaders' Summit. (File photo: VCG)

"Responsibility for this fully and completely rests with the American side," state news agency RIA Novosti quoted Russian deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov as saying after the talks in Geneva.