- MOSCOW (Prensa Latina) --
President of Russia Vladimir Putin warned on Saturday in the Kremlin that
Russia will respond accordingly to any attempt to place military infrastructure
near its borders. Speaking in a defense meeting, Putin said Moscow will
not let itself be dragged into an arms race, but will respond accordingly
to attempts to militarize its environment.
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- Previously, he visited Zhukovski, a city in the province
of Moscow, turned by a presidential decree into the capital of the national
aeronautics industry, to attend the presentation of the Complex of Science
and Innovation in Aeronautics.
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- "We need to review the national re-armament program
of the Armed Forces and increase the purchase of state-of-the-art air equipment,"
he said.
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- Polish-American Talks On Bush 'Missile Shield'
Close To Collapse
- Gazeta Wyborcza
- 2-22-8
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- Talks on Missile Shield Close to Collapse - Just two
weeks before the planned visit of Prime Minister Donald Tusk to
Washington, DC, negotiations on the possible deployment of elements
of the U.S. missile shield in Poland are on the verge of collapse, sources
say. The matter is in deadlock, with negotiators waiting for a political
impulse from the highest level.
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- Polish politicians are disappointed with the latest
round of talks with the U.S.. Source say Poland cancelled the final consultations,
planned for Friday, ahead of Tusk's visit to the White House scheduled
for March 10. In a recent interview, PM Tusk said Poland would not
accept a situation "in which Americans treat us from a business standpoint
and we give them treatment based on ideology."
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- Poland expects a military aid package of USD 20
bln from the United States in exchange for the consent for American missile-shield
bases on its soil.
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