On October 17th the Russian leader
summed up the preliminary results of the military technology
cooperation between Russia and its partners for 2012, saying that it is
absolutely legitimate in character. Moscow has been accused more than
once in recent times of offering military support to the regimes that,
as some countries believe, have lost their legitimacy. Vladimir Putin
put a particular emphasis on the fact that nobody could dictate to
Russia what policy it should implement in the field of military
technology cooperation. Only sanctions of the UN Security Council can
serve as sufficient substantiation for limiting supplies that can be
used for military purposes.
"In all other cases
nobody and under no pretext can dictate to Russia or to any other state
with whom and how it should trade. Unilateral or collective restrictions
and bans outside the framework of the UN Security Council, especially,
if they are politically motivated are not regarded as within
international law. With all ensuing consequences."
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