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At his annual press conference in Moscow, Vladimir Putin declared that the risk of a nuclear conflict increased with recent skirmishes with the United States over arms control agreements.
leaving the treaty regulating the installation of short and medium range missiles in Europe
one of the main successes of the Cold War, brought the United States and the Soviet Union to remove this type of weapons from the area. Today, it is almost an anachronism, given the development of new weapons that Washington accuses of having promoted it by Moscow
Moreover, President Donald Trump refused to discuss the renewal of the important New Start agreement, which limits nuclear warheads.
"We are witnessing essentially the collapse of the international order of arms control and an arms race," he said.
"We are going to survive and keep ourselves safe, but overall it's very bad for humanity, because it brings us closer to a dangerous limit," he said, noting that of a nuclear war would lead to "the end of civilization, perhaps of the planet".
about 14,500 nuclear warheads – and 92% of them are Russian or American
In the 15:45 interview (3 minutes more than in 2017, but 55 minutes less than the 2008 record) , he referred to the year of his fourth election – in power, whether he be president or prime minister, since 1999.
He declared that there was no military exit for the crisis with Ukraine, he defended his unpopular reform of social security and said that 66 years and divorced, she still intends to get married.
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