Russia adopts preemption doctrine, threatens aggressors with nuclear strike
MOSCOW: Russia will revise its military doctrine to allow a preventative nuclear strike against would-be aggressors, a top Kremlin policy-maker was quoted as saying on Wednesday.
Nikolai Patrushev, the secretary of the powerful security council, said the conditions under which Russia could resort to atomic weapons are being reworked in the main strategy document and will [...]
Russia Resists U.S Efforts to Seek More Iran Sanctions
Russia publicly pushed back Tuesday against U.S. efforts to threaten tough new sanctions if Iran fails to prove its nuclear program is peaceful, dealing an apparent setback to President Barack Obama’s hopes for Moscow’s backing for fresh penalties against Tehran.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Moscow believed such threats were ”counterproductive” and that only negotiations [...]
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