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"I consider it expedient to announce a moratorium on Russian fulfilment of this treaty (...)" (Photo: NATO)

Russia raises temperature in east-west military row

Relations between Russia and the West have suffered another blow after Russian leader Vladimir Putin announced he was ready to pull out of a key arms control treaty, linking his decision to US plans to build a missile defence system in eastern Europe.

"Our partners are conducting themselves incorrectly to say the least, gaining one-sided advances," the Russian president said in his annual state of the nation address on Thursday (26 April).

Mr Putin went on to accuse the United ...

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"I consider it expedient to announce a moratorium on Russian fulfilment of this treaty (...)" (Photo: NATO)

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