Russian President Vladimir Putin (C), accompanied by Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu (R), uses a pair of binoculars as he inspects the joint Zapad-2017 (West-2017) Russian military exercises with Belarus at the Luzhsky training ground in the Leningrad region on Sept. 18, 2017.
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MOSCOW — The Russian Defense Minister says Russia and Belarus need to expand their military cooperation amid a NATO buildup.