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Russia 2018: Kremlin Countdown

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A tip sheet on Russia's March 18 presidential election delivering RFE/RL and Current Time TV news, videos, and analysis along with links to what our Russia team is watching. Compiled by RFE/RL correspondents and editors.

Russia now developing its RS-28 Sarmat ICBM system.

In response, since the U.S. left the ABM treaty, Russia has been working on improving its strategic nuclear arsenal.

Says U.S. antimissile system is developing around the globe, particularly in Russia's immediate surroundings in Eastern Europe and Asia.

Says U.S. efforts to build missile-defense systems have undermined the foundations of START treaty on nuclear weapons.

Says that the West must have concluded that Russia's military potential had been crippled and so there was no reason to take Russia's position into consideration on international issues.

Now talking about what Russia "lost" with the collapse of the Soviet Union in terms of territory, population, economy, and military potential.

Putin is backed by military statistics during his state-of-the-nation speech in Moscow on March 1.
Putin is backed by military statistics during his state-of-the-nation speech in Moscow on March 1.

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