Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev says the current level of rearmament of Russia’s military is similar to the Soviet Union’s rearmament toward the end of World War II.
Medvedev was speaking to a group of veterans ahead of May 9 Victory Day celebrations marking the end of the war in Europe.
Medvedev said some 75 percent of weapons currently used would be replaced with modern weapons before 2020.
Medvedev said the process is already well under way.
“I think [the rearmament campaign] is only comparable to what we had during [World War II] and after the war,” he said.
All branches of Russia’s military have received new weapons.
The first new-generation Su-34 bombers were deployed to the Russian Air Force on May 6.
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Medvedev Says Russian Rearmament On Level With WWII
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on May 7, 2013
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Medvedev Slams ‘Unacceptable’ Western Support For Syrian Rebels – Business Insider
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on December 7, 2012
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Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev slammed as “unacceptable” the recognition and support by France and other states of the Syrian opposition battling the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.
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Britain and France have joined Turkey and Arabian Peninsula states in recognising a newly formed opposition bloc as the sole representative of the Syrian people. Paris has also suggested arming the opposition fighters.
“From the point of view of international law, this is absolutely unacceptable,” Medvedev said in the interview at his suburban Gorki residence.
Medvedev Slams ‘Unacceptable’ Western Support For Syrian Rebels – Business Insider
This is otherwise known as western interference in Syria. This crosses a red line drawn by Moscow. Russian leaders issued implied nuclear threats over crossing this line. Now it’s been crossed, and now we wait.
Infringing national sovereignty could lead to nuclear apocalypse – Medvedev — RT
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on May 24, 2012
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Diminishing the principle of state sovereignty is fraught with the destruction of the world order and a full-scale war, even with the use of nuclear weapons, warns Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.
“We have seen many examples of infringements on sovereignty in the recent years. Just remember military operations against foreign countries in violation of UN resolutions, statements that this or that regime has lost legitimacy – by the way, from the point of view of a foreign state rather than the people in question – as well as introduction of sanctions bypassing international organizations,” Medvedev stated at the International Legal Forum in St. Petersburg.
Infringing national sovereignty could lead to nuclear apocalypse – Medvedev — RT
Nobody in the West believes Medvedev because they have no fear of nuclear war. Compare the current reaction to the reaction that would have occurred in the 50s. In the 50s people had fear of nuclear war and acted accordingly by beefing up the US nuclear arsenal. Today there is no fear of nuclear war and the US nuclear arsenal is being gutted.
The current attitude in the West is in violation of historical principles: If you want peace, then prepare for war. Gutting the US nuclear arsenal is preparing the country for peace. It will get war instead.
Medvedev Warns of Nuclear War
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on May 18, 2012
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Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev warned Thursday military intervention in the affairs of sovereign states could lead to war, even nuclear war.
The Russian prime minister alluded to the situations in Syria and elsewhere in the Middle East, telling a legal forum in St. Petersburg the right of nations to choose their own path of development is a universal value, RIA Novosti reported.
What is he talking about? Of course military intervention in a sovereign state leads to war. Why does Medvedev state the obvious? Because Medvedev is not talking about the obvious war in that particular sovereign state. He is talking about war or nuclear war involving other states – like Russia. Medvedev is hinting that Russia might get involved. It’s not really a hint either. Russia will get involved.
If Syria or Iran are attacked, then Medvedev is nicely explaining that Russia will get involved. This involvement may include the use of nuclear weapons.
What is Russia going to do if Israel attacks Iran and is forced to destroy its neighbors with nuclear weapons in the subsequent war?
Putin Wins Six More Years at Kremlin Amid Fraud Allegations – Bloomberg
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on March 4, 2012
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin won six more years in the Kremlin, exit polls and preliminary results showed, amid allegations of fraud similar to those that sparked protests after a December parliamentary vote.
Putin, 59, who’s been in power for 12 years including the last four years as premier, got 58.3 percent of the vote, the All-Russian Center for the Study of Public Opinion, or VTsIOM, said, citing an exit poll of 159,161 people. Putin got 59.3 percent, according to an exit poll by the Public Opinion Foundation, or FOM. He scored 61.81 percent, with 15.1 percent of votes counted, the Central Electoral Commission said. Official results are due tomorrow.
Putin Wins Six More Years at Kremlin Amid Fraud Allegations – Bloomberg
Sky News: Thousands protest against Putin
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on February 26, 2012
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Nearly 4000 opponents of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin have staged a rally in his home town of St Petersburg.
A week before presidential elections in which Putin is the widely favoured candidate, protesters chanted slogans including ‘Putin is a thief,’ the AP news agency said, adding that police were present in force but that no arrests were reported.
There has been widespread protest in Russia – the largest since the collapse of the Soviet Union more than 20 years ago – since December’s parliamentary elections, which drew accusations of voter fraud.
Vladimir Putin fires off nuclear threat over West’s ‘regime change’ plans for Iran | The Australian
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on February 25, 2012
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RUSSIAN Prime Minister Vladimir Putin accuses the West of seeking “regime change” in Iran and warns Washington that Russia intends to keep its nuclear weapons to keep US power in check.
“Under the guise of trying to prevent the spread of weapons of mass destruction… they are attempting something else entirely and setting different goals – regime change,” news agencies quoted Mr Putin as saying.
“We have such suspicions,” said Putin. “And we are trying to take a stand that differs from the one they are trying to force on us… concerning the ways that the Iranian nuclear problem might develop.”
Vladimir Putin fires off nuclear threat over West’s ‘regime change’ plans for Iran | The Australian
Chavez and Putin agree to defend Syria and Iran | English | NEWS | DayPress
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on January 19, 2012
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The sovereignty of Syria and Iran should be defended against ‘foreign interferences.’ Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation during which they agreed on the need to craft a common approach to defend “the independence and sovereignty of the Syrian Arab Republic and the Islamic Republic of Iran, against the harassment and interference by foreign powers.
Chavez and Putin agree to defend Syria and Iran | English | NEWS | DayPress
The Law Of Putin’s Jungle
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on January 16, 2012
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The Russian leader may be in for a surprise: he misjudges his adversaries.
Vladimir Putin is a snake—he says so himself. At his latest four-hour press conference, the Russian prime minister compared himself to Kaa, the huge, hypnotic python from Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book. And the growing ranks of protesters against his regime? He called them “monkeys.” As any Jungle Book fan (which includes most Russians) knows, Kaa is “everything that the monkeys feared in the jungle, for none of them knew the limits of his power, none of them could look him in the face, and none had ever come alive out of his hug.” Which leaves little doubt about Putin’s response to the series of protests that have brought 100,000 people into the streets of Moscow and 100 other Russian cities over the past month. Hypnotize them. Then crush them.
His plan has just one flaw: a large slice of Russia has unexpectedly snapped out of his spell. In the weeks since December’s clumsily rigged parliamentary elections, …
Russia’s Presidential Campaign: Putin Versus the Protesters – The Daily Beast
Revolution warning as thousands of Russian protesters brave cold
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on December 26, 2011
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The Russian Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin, faces more mass protests over alleged election fraud as the former finance minister Alexei Kudrin warned of a ”revolution” unless the government assuages popular anger.
At least 30,000 people packed Sakharov Prospect, a wide avenue in Moscow named after the Soviet-era dissident Andrei Sakharov, police said. The event organisers said up to 120,000 people attended the rally.
Revolution warning as thousands of Russian protesters brave cold
