Does my right hon. Friend the Chairman of the Defence Committee think that the way to defeat a modern Russia is the same as the way in which we defeated the USSR? Reagan crushed the USSR’s economy through what was in effect an arms race between a strong and vibrant American economy and a weak Russian one. Does my right hon. Friend think that that could be a way forward?
National Security and Russia
Proceeding contribution from
Edward Leigh
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 26 March 2018.
It occurred during Debate on National Security and Russia.
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