Russia does not want to enter a costly new arms race with the United States, a top Kremlin aide said Wednesday, after President Vladimir Putin said it was boosting its nuclear arsenal. “Russia is trying to react to possible threats with some sort of means but that’s it,” Yury Ushakov, Putin’s top foreign policy aide, told a briefing.”We are against any arms race because it naturally weakens our economic capabilities,” Ushakov said.”In principle we are against it.”He declined to comment when asked about the possibility of a direct military conflict between Russia and the West.Putin on Tuesday rattled the …read more
Source: The Jakarta Post
