The Kremlin on Friday hailed what it said looked like the desire of Italy, France and ​Germany to resume dialogue on Ukraine with Russia as a "significant shift" ‌which matched its own view of how the situation should evolve.

That quiet ended on Thursday, when the Kremlin leader delivered his first public foreign policy remarks of the year, outlining a bleak view of the global order while sidestepping several flashpoints. Putin said the global environment had become more unstable, arguing that old conflicts were deepening while new ones were emerging.

Sergey Karaganov told Tucker Carlson that Russia would use nuclear weapons against Europe if it faced defeat in Ukraine, warning the continent would be 'finished physically'.

PUTIN’S former minster and IT guru was shot dead at his home, in the latest mystery death linked to Moscow power structures. Alexey Sklyar, 50, who also served as vice-president of the

Russia said on Thursday that its was unacceptable for the West to keep claiming that Russia and China threatened Greenland, and said the crisis over the territory showed the double-standards of Western powers which claimed moral superiority.

An ally and former adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin and former President Boris Yeltsin said the country could use nuclear weapons against Europe should Russia ever be on the verge of