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Purveyor

(29,876 posts) Thu Oct 18, 2012, 12:27 PM Oct 2012

Putin Says Russia Will Not Be Dictated To On Arms Sales

MOSCOW | Wed Oct 17, 2012 10:53am EDT

(Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that only the U.N. Security Council could restrict Russian weapons sales abroad, a remark that appeared aimed at defending the Kremlin against criticism of its arms supplies to the Syrian government.

"Only sanctions imposed by the U.N. Security Council can serve as a basis for limiting weapons supplies," Putin said, according to state-run Itar-Tass news agency.

"In all other cases, nobody can use any pretext to dictate to Russia on how it should trade and with whom," he was quoted as telling a meeting of a state commission on the arms trade.

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Putin Says Russia Will Not Be Dictated To On Arms Sales (Original Post) Purveyor Oct 2012 OP

Fuck you, Putin. nt Deep13 Oct 2012 #1

Nor should they be. The USA isn't in a position to lecture anyone else on that count. HopeHoops Oct 2012 #2

Deep13

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1. Fuck you, Putin. nt

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Thu Oct 18, 2012, 12:29 PM

Oct 2012

HopeHoops

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2. Nor should they be. The USA isn't in a position to lecture anyone else on that count.

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Thu Oct 18, 2012, 12:46 PM

Oct 2012

Yes, it was the U.N., but we export more munitions than ANY other country, and actually more than a few of them combined. Why hasn't the U.N. come after us?

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