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Putin outlines new rules for Russian use of vast nuclear arsenal

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at the Security Council meeting in Moscow [Alexander Kazakov/Sputnik/Kremlin Pool via AP Photo]

Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that Russia could respond with nuclear weapons if it were attacked with conventional arms in the latest changes to the country’s nuclear doctrine.

In a televised meeting of Russia’s Security Council, Putin on Wednesday announced that under the planned revisions, an attack against the country by a non-nuclear power with the “participation or support of a nuclear power” would be seen as a “joint attack on the Russian Federation”.

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