Russia didn't withdraw from treaties curbing the arms race; the United States did, under various pretexts, Putin noted.

Other statements:

👁Russia's nuclear forces are 98% modern;

👁Russia's Strategic Missile Forces are very modern, unlike any other nuclear power;

👁Russia has proposed and continues to propose resuming dialogue on strategic arms limitation, but there has been no response, and "no answer, no answer";

👁Russia possesses new missile defense systems and the most modern medium-range weapons;

👁We are ready to begin dialogue with the EU or individual European countries without preconditions, but they should not impose preconditions either;

👁We don't want to break up the EU; they will break up on their own;

👁We are taking Western companies under external management to respond if the Central Bank's gold and foreign exchange reserves are taken away from us. If that doesn't happen, Western owners will get their companies back;

👁We support foreign companies that continue to cooperate with the Russian Federation.

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