Fearing West, Putin Pledges Biggest Military Buildup Since Cold War -- Christian Science Monitor
Vladimir Putin, less than two weeks away from presidential polls, pledged $772 billion on arms over the next decade.
Russia needs to launch a major military buildup to prepare for life in a dangerous world where international law is breaking down, the West feels free to intervene in sovereign countries, and rivals could invade Russia to seize its rich trove of natural resources, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has warned.
In his fifth programmatic article detailing what he will do if he wins a new six-year presidential term in elections that are now less than two weeks off, Mr. Putin pledged, among other things, the biggest rearmament program in Russia since the collapse of the Soviet Union.
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