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Feb 8 2008 2:08PM Russia needs peaceful global agenda to achieve strategic goals- Putin MOSCOW. Feb 8 (Interfax) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that Russia needs international peace in order to resolve its strategic problems. "To achieve our national goals we need a peaceful, positive international agenda. This is what we are going to strive for," Putin said at a session of the State Council focused on Russia's development strategy until 2020 in Moscow on Friday. http://www.interfax.ru/e/B/politics/28.html?id_issue=11963103 Feb 8 2008 2:04PM New round of arms race not initiated by Russia - Putin MOSCOW. Feb 8 (Interfax) - A new arms race is starting worldwide, which was not initiated by Russia, President Vladimir Putin said. "It is already obvious that a new round of arms race has began which is unfortunate. It does not depend on us, it was not us who started it," Putin said at a session of the State Council on Friday.
