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Russian President Vladimir Putin called for the development of a new European security system June 7 in response to what he says is a U.S. effort to undermine strategic parity and warned that a third world war could end civilization.

“The understanding that a third world war could be the end of civilization should restrain us from taking extreme steps on the international arena that are highly dangerous for modern civilization,” Putin said during his annual televised call-in show.

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