On June 20, Russian President Vladimir Putin gave an interview to the press after his tour of Asia.
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| Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Source: TASS) |
According to the Russian leader, Moscow is currently considering amending its nuclear doctrine " due to new factors emerging - at least we know that potential adversaries are making efforts... to lower the threshold for using nuclear weapons. In particular, extremely low-yield nuclear explosive devices are being developed."
Stressing that Russia is taking into account dramatic changes in the security sphere, such as the development of small-sized nuclear weapons, President Putin recalled that some Western experts now see no problem in using such weapons.
“We know it might not be terrible, but we have to be aware of it. We are thinking about possible changes in our strategy,” he said.
However, Russia does not intend to include a provision on the possibility of a preemptive nuclear strike in its nuclear doctrine at this time, because a retaliatory strike would guarantee the destruction of the enemy.”
Current doctrine stipulates that Russia could use nuclear weapons in response to a nuclear attack or in the event of a conventional attack that poses an existential threat to the state.
Referring to the conflict with Ukraine, the Kremlin chief said that Russia is ready to negotiate to resolve the Ukrainian conflict "tomorrow", but to achieve this, all parties involved should study peace proposals, noting that Moscow has already put forward its proposal.
Besides, accusing Ukraine of "forbidding itself from negotiating", Mr. Putin affirmed that Moscow has never rejected the idea of this, but will only accept the readiness to continue sitting at the dialogue table "based on the agreements... reached after nearly a month and a half of difficult negotiations in Istanbul and Minsk".
Referring to the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Agreement that he signed with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Pyongyang on June 19, the Russian leader expressed hope that these agreements would help prevent the situation from escalating on the Korean Peninsula.
“The North Korean crisis is a slow-burning crisis. But we think and hope that our agreements with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea will serve as a deterrent to some extent to prevent this crisis from escalating into a hot phase,” he said.
He affirmed that this agreement is nothing new but is similar to the expired bilateral treaty previously signed by the two countries.
Asked why Chairman Kim Jong-un decided to sign the treaty when "an undeclared war is being waged against Russia", Mr Putin replied: "You ask him that."
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