Russian President Vladimir Putin has again lashed out at the West for provoking a new arms race on the day his country tested a massive new rocket that he said can overcome any missile defense system the United States may place in Eastern Europe.
Putin has long bashed Washington for its plans to place 10 bunker-protected rockets in Eastern Europe, arguing it was a threat against Russian territory and provokes a new arms race. At a joint news conference in Moscow Tuesday with Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Socrates, Putin fired another round at the United States.
"We consider it harmful and dangerous to transform Europe into a powder keg and fill it with new forms of weapons," he said. "It creates new unnecessary risks for the entire system of international and European relations."
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¿no reference to russians rs-24 missile test?
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