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Putin praises Cold War moles for stealing US nuclear secrets

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Vladimir Putin praised Cold War-era scientists on Thursday for stealing US nuclear secrets so that United States would not be the world's sole atomic power, in comments reflecting his vision of Russia as a counterweight to US power.

 

Spies with suitcases full of data helped the Soviet Union build its atomic bomb, he told military commanders. (Reuters)

 

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