China and Germany heading for superpower status as US influence wanes, says Putin

MOSCOW - The era when the United States and Russia decided the world's most important questions is in the past, President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday , saying China and Germany were now heading for superpower status.

Addressing a meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club, Mr Putin suggested that the role of the United States had waned, along with that of Britain and France, while Beijing and Berlin - in terms of political and economic weight - were heading for superpower status. If Washington was not prepared to discuss global problems with Moscow, Russia stood ready to have that discussion with other nations, said Mr Putin, who was speaking via video link.Ahead of the US presidential election on Nov 3, Mr Putin said he hoped the new administration would be ready for dialogue on security and nuclear arms control.

Washington last week rejected a Russian proposal for an unconditional one-year extension of the last treaty limiting US and Russian strategic nuclear weapons deployment, calling the suggestion"a non-starter".It restricts the numbers of strategic nuclear warheads that Russia and the United States can deploy as well as the missiles and bombers that carry them.

Despite their differences, Moscow and Washington appear to be moving closer to a deal on the New START.

Germany isn't a superpower. It is a laughable concept. Russia has an economy about the size of Italy. ST need to fact check these blowhards

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