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Putin proposes moratorium on CFE treaty -1
26/04/200716:15"I think it is necessary to announce a moratorium on Russia's implementation of the CFE treaty until all NATO countries ratify it and start to strictly adhere to it, as Russia does today unilaterally," Putin said in his annual state of the nation address to parliament.
Putin calls for more investment in economy, institution building
26/04/200715:31Russia's president has identified several mid- and long-term investment priorities in the economic, institutional and social spheres in his annual state of the nation address to parliament Thursday. Vladimir Putin said power generation is a high priority for the Russian economy, in which 12 trillion rubles ($467.1 billion) will be invested by 2020.
Another president to deliver 2008 parliament address - Putin-1
26/04/200714:29Russian President Vladimir Putin said in his annual state of the nation address to the Russian parliament on Thursday that it was his last one and the next would be delivered by another president. "In spring of 2008 the term of my presidential powers expires and the next annual state of the nation address to the Russian parliament will be delivered by another head of state," Putin said.
Putin sees rise in 'subversive funding' from abroad
26/04/200713:27The inflow of capital used to interfere in Russia's internal affairs has been growing, President Vladimir Putin said Thursday. "Let's face it, not everyone is pleased with our country's stable, ongoing development. Some [elements] are disingenuously using pseudo-democratic rhetoric and would like to put the clock back - some, to continue plundering our national wealth as they did in the past, robbing the people and state, and others to deprive our country of its economic and political independence," he said in his annual state of the nation address to the Russian parliament.
