The current doctrine states that Russia would be prepared to use nuclear weapons in response to a nuclear attack by another country or a conventional attack that threatened the existence of the state
The Russian president's spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, was speaking a week after Putin said in a teasing remark that he favoured Harris over Trump
India is reliant on Russia for military weapons and cheap oil, and has refrained from condemning Vladimir Putin for his invasion of Ukraine two years ago
Kremlin has dismissed previous allegations of interference in US elections, from 2016 and onward, as nonsense
Putin said that Gazprom's main consumers in Europe did not seem to want the transit agreement to end even though they provided military assistance to Ukraine
Putin, speaking at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, said that Russian forces were now gradually pushing Ukrainian soldiers out of Kursk, where on Aug. 6 Ukraine launched the biggest attack
Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested China, India, and Brazil as potential mediators in Ukraine peace talks, which he said can be based on a previously unimplemented Istanbul agreement
The trip was Putin's first to a member nation of the International Criminal Court since it issued the warrant in March 2023
The trip is Putin's first to a member country of the International Criminal Court since it issued the warrant about 18 months ago
The classes "will put a lot of things on a systematic basis" in schools, Putin said Monday during a televised discussion with a group of children in Kyzyl in Russia's Tuva region
Russian forces, which control 18 per cent of Ukraine, have been advancing in eastern Ukraine since the failure of Kyiv's 2023 counter-offensive
The current doctrine was set out by President Vladimir Putin in June 2020 in a six-page decree
Ukraine has called on Mongolia to arrest Putin and hand him over to the court in The Hague
Despite a major Ukrainian incursion into Russia's Kursk region that began on Aug 6, the stronger Russian army has in recent weeks been thrusting relatively swiftly though settlements in east Ukraine
Russian companies, officials for a few months have pointed to delays in transactions after Chinese banks tightened compliance following Western threats of secondary sanctions for dealing with Russia
The prime minister had on Monday briefed US President Joe Biden on his visit to Ukraine and conveyed India's full support for early return of peace to the region through dialogue and diplomacy
Speaks with Russian President hours after briefing Biden
During a telephonic conversation, the two leaders also discussed implementation of trade agreements reached during the Prime Minister's visit to Moscow in July
Last Friday, PM Modi visited Ukraine after concluding his visit to Poland. He met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and invited Zelensky to visit India during their talks
"On the eve of the U.S. presidential election, it is important for (President Joe) Biden to take Telegram under control."