Russia to station nuclear weapons in Belarus Putin
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Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) shakes hands with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko during a meeting at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow in February. Photo: Sputnik/Vladimir Astapkovich/Kremlin via REUTERS
Russia will station tactical nuclear weapons in neighbouring Belarus, President Vladimir Putin says, marking the first time since the mid-1990s that Moscow will have based such arms outside the country.