Sergei Ivanov
Sergei Ivanov
Sergei Borisovich Ivanovis a Russian senior official and statesman. Ivanov was Minister of Defense of Russia from March 2001 to February 2007, Deputy Prime Minister from November 2005 to February 2007, and the First Deputy Prime Minister from February 2007 to May 2008. After the election of Dmitry Medvedev as President of Russia, Ivanov was reappointed a Deputy Prime Minister in Vladimir Putin's second government. Since December 2011, Ivanov is the Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office...
develop efforts fact others plans promote
Such plans do not limit, but in fact promote efforts by others to develop (nuclear weapons),
history knowing
We have a history of knowing what Afghanistan is.
forces region stop sufficient
there are sufficient forces in the region to stop such attacks.
advanced billion surplus
The 54-billion-ruble (some 1.9 billion US dollars) surplus will be used for development purposes and acquisition of advanced equipment,
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We offered the United States our help the first day of the disaster,
generals maintain number officer per ratio reduce senior thousand
We should reduce the number of generals and admirals to maintain the ratio of one senior officer per thousand servicemen.
act believe crisis eliminate ensure forces prepared security situations striving together
We believe Europeans' striving to have their own forces to ensure their security and to eliminate crisis situations is well founded, and are prepared to act together with them in these matters,
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We are also ready for an immediate start to official talks with the United States on SALT 3.
arms course hardware military practical
There is no better advertisement for our arms and military hardware than a real demonstration of their capabilities in the course of practical exercises,
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If the ABM Treaty is maintained, Russia is ready for radical cuts with the United States of strategic offensive weapons to as low as 1,500 and even lower than this level,
proposals received solve sure
If such proposals come -- we have not yet received them -- I am sure that they will not solve the ABM issue,
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We have effective nuclear weapons, and we are not trying to increase their number but rather to improve their quality and effectiveness, to make them hard to intercept.
current organized pursuit remaining
At the current time, we have an organized pursuit to find the remaining criminals,
form goal joint main neither nor peace plans practice region third threat
Neither Peace Mission-2005 nor Indra-2005 posed a threat to any third countries. They did not demonstrate any plans to form a new international military-political bloc in the region either. Their main goal was to practice joint anti-terror operations,