President Vladimir Putin has announced plans to build a new generation of nuclear weapons after accusing the United States of harbouring an "erotic" desire to invade Russia and steal its natural resources.
Delivering one of his most belligerent anti-Western tirades, Mr Putin also suggested that America and its allies had concocted a fake assassination plot to prevent him from visiting Iran this week.
I have no idea what the hell Putin is up to. His political strategies seem strange to me but maybe I just don't understand. First he claims a massive chunk of the Arctic and is now warning the West and creating more nuclear weapons; just seems strange to me.