Putin: arms race with US is not over
Vladimir Putin has pledged to build up Russia’s military to rival “fortress” America, and insisted the Cold War arms race is far from over.
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In an unexpectedly belligerent state of the nation address on Russian TV, the Russian president accused the US of putting its own interests before its democratic ideals, and compared the country to a voracious wolf.
“We are aware what is going on in the world,” he said.
“Comrade wolf knows whom to eat, he eats without listening, and he’s clearly not going to listen to anyone.”
He added: “It is premature to speak of the end of the arms race. It is in reality rising to a new technological level.”
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