Tinker
Remember
when President Barack Obama was caught on camera bragging to Russian President
Dmitry Medvedev. That he would win his election and to tell Putin to give him
more "flexibility" to make a deal on ballistic missile defenses in
Europe.
Someone call a doctor quick?
Don't mess
with nuclear Russia, Putin says
LAKE SELIGER Russia (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin
said on Friday Russia's armed forces, backed by its nuclear arsenal, were ready
to meet any aggression, declaring at a pro-Kremlin youth camp that foreign
states should understand: "It's best not to mess with us."
Putin told the assembly, on the banks of a lake near Moscow,
the Russian takeover of Crimea in March was essential to save a largely
Russian-speaking population from Ukrainian government violence. He said
continued fighting in eastern Ukraine, where pro-Russian separatists launched
an uprising in April, was the result of a refusal by Kiev to negotiate.
Ukraine, and Western governments, accuse Russia of sending
troops and armor to back the separatists in a conflict that has already killed
over 2,000 people. Russia denies the charge.
"Russia is far from being involved in any large-scale
conflicts," he said at the camp on the banks of Lake Seliger. "We
don't want that and don't plan on it. But naturally, we should always be ready
to repel any aggression towards Russia.
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