Russia has criticized the planned stationing of long-range US weapons in Germany as a return to the Cold War, after German leaders said the step was necessary due to the increased threat posed by Russia to European security. “We are well on the way to a Cold War. This has all happened before,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Russian state television on Thursday. The agreement between Berlin and Washington, announced on the sidelines of a NATO summit on Wednesday, calls for placing long-range US missiles in Germany by 2026 that would have the range to strike well into Russia. It will be th…