Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitri Rogozin. © RIA Novosti. Sergey Mamontov
Deputy PM Says Russia Should Re-Arm Amid US, NATO ‘Threats’ -- RIA Novosti
MOSCOW, March 9 (RIA Novosti) – The Russian deputy prime minister in charge of defense said “overt threats” by the United States and NATO demonstrate the necessity of equipping the Russian army with modern weapons.
“A hope that after the overt threats by the US and NATO nobody will doubt the necessity of rearming our army and fleet and of reviving our defense industry and military science,” Dmitry Rogozin wrote on his Facebook page on Saturday.
Another round of political standoff between Russia and the West was sparked by the recent uprising in Ukraine and the fate of Crimea, an autonomous Ukrainian region with a majority ethnic Russian population.
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Update: Russia should re-arm amid US, NATO threats - Russian Deputy PM -- Voice of Russia
My Comment: A disclaimer here .... I know Dmitri Rogozin. He use to be a follower of this blog (and a Twitter follower at that) at the beginning (when he was the Russian rep for NATO). We did not (and do not) always see eye to eye. He has always been pushing for a massive Russian military build-up .... and I have always argued against him that there is no reason to have such a build-up .... the U.S. is in decline, Europe is broke, and while China may pose a long term strategic threat, for the moment it is focused on it's other neighbors .... not on Russia (so far). But my opinion is a minority one .... and Demitri's position is not .... catching Putin's attention when he promoted him to Deputy PM a few years ago.
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