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| Vladimir Putin says Russia will develop new weapons systems if US does the same | Vladimir Putin says Russia will develop new weapons systems if US does the same |
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| Russia's Vladimir Putin has said the US is ready to develop new weapons systems in response to other countries doing the same, and said that if America pulls out of a treaty on intermediate-range nuclear weapons, Moscow will do likewise. | |
| Mr Putin said Russia will adhere to a landmark Cold War-era arms control treaty for as long as the US sticks to it. | |
| He also noted Moscow is ready to develop new weapons systems, both nuclear and non-nuclear, in response to other countries doing the same but did not specifically mention the US in that part of his comments. | |
| The Russian leader was speaking at the Valdai forum of international policy experts in Sochi, Russia. | |
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