Planetary Ruin

MOSCOW. May 29 (Interfax) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has cautioned against turning Europe into a “powder keg”, referring to Washington’s plans to deploy elements of its missile defense system in Europe.

“We consider it harmful and dangerous to turn Europe into a “powder keg” and to fill it with new kinds of weapons,” Putin told a news conference after talks with the Portuguese prime minister in Moscow.

“It creates new unneeded risks for the entire system of international and European relations,” he said.

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