Putin: the arms race between the US and Russia began after the exit of Washington from the ABM Treaty

© Alexey Nikolsky/TASS NEW YORK, March 2. /TASS/. The arms race between the U.S. and Russia began after Washington withdrew from the anti-ballistic missile Treaty (ABM). This was stated by the President of Russia Vladimir Putin in interview to TV channel NBC, a fragment of which aired Thursday. Putin was asked a question about whether to understand his message to the Federal Assembly as a “Declaration of a new cold war” and whether the U.S. and Russia currently arms race. “From my point of view, those who declare the beginning of a new cold war, are not analysts – they do propaganda. If you are talking about the arms race, it began when the United States withdrew from the ABM Treaty,” – said the President of Russia.

The machine in the fist from the red cyclists to fighters of special forces “Vityaz”

Fighters of special forces “Vityaz” © Yury Mukhin/Asgardia At the end of February in the army national guard celebrated the 100th anniversary of the creation of the 1st regiment of the division of operational use named after F. E. Dzerzhinsky. This famous military unit in the view of many is today the hallmark of modern Resguardo. Moscow recent history it is hard to imagine without the soldiers and officers of the division whose service never paraded.

What kind of new superweapon Russia, said Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin during his speech with the annual address to the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation © Mikhail Metzel/TASS March 1, Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, which in addition to economic, international and social topics were touched upon the issues of defense capacity of the state and the creation in Russia of new models of strategic hypersonic weapons and weapons complexes based on new physical principles. However, he said that there are more such promising developments, information about which is still closed.

Putin called the creators of the new Russian strategic weapons “heroes of our time”

© Mikhail Klimentyev/press service of the Russian President/TASS MOSCOW, March 1. /TASS/. Russian engineers and scientists for many years worked on the creation of new strategic weapons in Russia, are the real heroes of our time. This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin in the message to the Federal Assembly. “Over this quietly, modestly, without any narcissism, with full return of forces for many years, employed thousands, thousands of our specialists – great scientists, designers, engineers, and passionate, talented workers,” he said.