Putin announced the improvement of Russia's nuclear doctrine

Russia is not tightening its nuclear doctrine, but improving it. This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin at a meeting of the Council for the Development of Civil Society and Human Rights (CDHR) on December 10.

"We are not tightening the nuclear doctrine, we are improving it," the head of state noted.

In addition, Putin clarified that Russia at the moment needs to improve not the nuclear doctrine, but the Oreshnik missile system. The Russian leader also added that a sufficient number of modern weapons systems practically replace the use of nuclear weapons.

"That is why we behave quite carefully in all directions, I would even say restrainedly. But where necessary, we show the necessary will both at the state level and at the level of citizens of the Russian Federation who live here and want their children to live here," the Russian president added.

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Earlier, on November 30, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said that the danger of a nuclear exchange between the United States and Russia exists, but Moscow will do everything possible to avoid it. According to the deputy foreign minister, modeling of the consequences of the use of nuclear weapons has been conducted repeatedly and the current geopolitical situation is characterized as extremely complex and tense.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on November 21 that Russia was making every effort to prevent a nuclear exchange with the United States. The Russian presidential spokesman expressed hope that other countries adhere to the same position and will not engage in provocative actions.

On the same day, a representative of the Pentagon's Strategic Command, Rear Admiral Thomas Buchanan, said that the United States would allow such a nuclear exchange in which the country would retain a reserve of strategic weapons for further leadership on the world stage.

On November 19, Russian President Vladimir Putin approved an updated Russian nuclear doctrine. The updated document includes the amendments that the head of state announced in September. In particular, for the first time a definition of a potential adversary against whom Russia is conducting nuclear deterrence was introduced.