Analysis: Putin puts on show of strength to impress voters Tony Halpin of The Times in Moscow The scrambling of Nato fighter jets occurred as Russia flexed its military muscles across three oceans today and President Vladimir Putin sealed a $1 billion arms deal in Asia. Fourteen Tu95MC Bear nuclear strategic bombers took off late last night for what Russian air force chiefs described as long-range patrol missions over the Pacific Atlantic and Arctic oceans.

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