Russia Should Use ‘Historic Chance’ for Rearmament

NOVOSIBIRSK, March 6 (RIA Novosti) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday he plans to control implementation of a plan to rearm the armed forces that he said was a “historic chance” for Russia. “We have held a series of meetings on providing the army and navy with new armament systems,” Putin said at a meeting on the prospects of combat aviation development. “In June, we in particular discussed implementation of a state armament program regarding aviation,” he said. “We will keep the issue under constant control.” “We will have no other historic chance to solve these ambitious ta…

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