Putin talks foreign policy: Respect for Russia's interests and fate of potential invaders

The head of state slammed allegations of Russia's plans to deploy nuclear weapons in space as bogus stories

TASS has gathered the key takeaways from what the head of state said.

On dialogue with US

The  , while trying to inflict "a strategic defeat on the battlefield" on Russia, which is hypocritical.

Washington's statements that it is interested in such a dialogue "is demagoguery ahead of the US presidential election:" "They simply want to show their citizens - and everyone else - that they still rule the world."

On fate of potential invaders

It was the West that provoked the conflicts in Ukraine, the Middle East and other regions, but now, it alleges that Russia plans to attack Europe: "They are talking nonsense."

However, Russian forces in the Western strategic direction need to be reinforced in order to eliminate the threats coming from another wave of NATO's expansion.

Whoever is considering the possibility of an intervention in Russia must remember the fate of those who did that in the past. "Now, the consequences will be far more tragic for potential invaders." "After all, they must understand that we also have weapons <...> capable of hitting targets on their soil."

Russia's strategic nuclear forces "are in full state of readiness for guaranteed use."