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RUSSIAN PRESIDENT PUTIN DELIVERS THE ANNUAL STATE OF THE NATION IN KREMLIN
Russian First Vice Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov speaks with reporters after President Vladimir Putin delivered the annual state of the nation address to the Federation Council, the upper house of parliament, in the Kremlin in Moscow on April 26, 2007. (UPI Photo/Anatoli Zhdanov)

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“ By the end of this year, the plane will rise into the air and flight tests will begin, ”
New Russian fighter jet due by year-end
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“ It would certainly incur large expenses, but we do not have a choice, as we will have to continue developing and enhancing our nuclear deterrent, ”
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“ The bulk of state defense orders in 2009 is allocated to the procurement of new weapons, (research and development) and modernization of existing arsenals, with priority given to the strategic nuclear triad, including the Strategic Missile Forces, the navy and strategic aviation, ”
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