In his speech last Saturday at the International Security Conference held in Munich, Germany, President Putin has bluntly accused the United States of making the world unsafe with disproportionate amounts of force outside borders, generating a new arms race. He has also hinted at the “reduction of mutual trust” displayed by posting NATO troops in former Eastern Block countries.

Russian President Vladimir V. Putin berated the United States in a major speech Saturday before senior American and European officials, declaring that Washington’s militarism had fostered global instability and forced vulnerable nations to seek nuclear weapons.

Source: L.A. Times