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VLADIMIR Putin now has power to launch pre-emptive nuclear strikes against the West under plans approved by the Russian parliament. Senators have recommended tearing up the military doctrine banning initial use of weapons of mass destruction. It comes after the Russian president said Moscow would retaliate if the US withdrew from a landmark cold War missile treaty. Currently the doctrine prohibits first use unless Russia is threatened by weapons of mass destruction or if its "very existence is in jeopardy". But the revision would give Putin power to order strikes in response to enemy use of conventional weapons, reports The Times. Senators in the Federation Council propose that Russia should be allowed to hit back with nuke weapons if the country is attacked by "hypersonic and non-nuclear strategic weapons". The move comes after Donald Trump announced that the US plans to withdraw from Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty signed by Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev in … [Read more...] about Vladimir Putin has been given terrifying power for first time to launch pre-emptive nuke strikes against the West

THE head of Russia's spy agency has died weeks after a furious dressing down from the Russian President over his unit’s Novichok 'moronic' blunders, it's reported. Col-Gen Igor Korobov, who led the response to the Salisbury poisoning in March, passed away following a long illness, according to Russia's TASS news agency. Last month, it was reported that the 62-year-old was left shaken and in sudden “ill health” after his confrontation with the enraged Kremlin strongman. During a meeting at the Russian Defence Ministry the “morons” behind the botched spy operations - details of which have publicly emerged - were blasted by Putin. It came after the true identities of two GRU thugs who carried out a failed assassination attempt on a former Moscow spy in Salisbury, Wiltshire, in March were confirmed by investigative journalists. Officials also revealed that four Russian spies were booted out of Holland in April for trying to hack a lab which was … [Read more...] about Russian spy chief Igor Korobov dies weeks after Vladimir Putin gave him dressing down over Novichok blunders

US VICE President Mike Pence was snapped giving Vladimir Putin a cold stare at a summit, as he reportedly warned him not to meddle in American elections. Putin said he and Pence spoke on the side-lines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations conference in Singapore, discussing arms control and other issues. Pence and Putin "discussed the upcoming G20 Summit and touched on the issues that will be discussed when President Trump and President Putin are both in Argentina for the summit," according to the vice president's press secretary, Alyssa Farah. The G20 Summit will be held in Buenos Aires at the end of November. An NBC reporter tweeted: “New per the @VP’s Office—> The VP’s office says Vice President Pence directly addressed Russian meddling in the 2016 election in a conversation with Vladimir Putin on Thursday in Singapore. “The conversation took place following the plenary session this afternoon at ASEAN.” Pence reportedly told NBC he … [Read more...] about Mike Pence stares down Vladimir Putin for 20 seconds as he confronts Russian leader over election meddling in secret summit chat