Russia threatens no one, stays out of geopolitical intrigues - Putin

SOCHI, November 26. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin has declared that Russia was not a threat to any other country and was determined to stay out of any geopolitical intrigues. “We are not threatening anyone and are not going to get involved in any geopolitical gambling or intrigues, let alone conflicts, however strongly some may wish to pull us into them,” Putin said at a conference devoted to the development of the armed forces. He pointed to the need for maintaining reliable protection of the sovereignty of Russia and its allies. “I would like to draw special attention to the need for a comprehensive approach and to pooling efforts by all bodies of state power to addressing national defence issues,” Putin said. He recalled that over the past year Russia had established an integral system of military planning and specified approaches to managing the military machinery. In January 2013 Russia’s defence plan was approved. Read more