Putin claims leading development in weaponized AI will soon be the key to world domination

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10. Russia tends to help allies when it helps Russia.

The "tech" might be helpful in providing a backup in case Russia's attacked, it might defend Russia's friends against the One True Enemy of the day.

I like his paranoia. One thing about paranoia and suspicion is that if it's shared and practiced enough it develops into overt hostility, which in turn produces the enemies it always knew was there, even if they hadn't been or were enemies to such a small extent that they could have been made colleagues.