🎙 Highlights from Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko's interview with Interfax news agency (13 October 2026) • All scenarios and procedures for the use of nuclear weapons are clearly set out in Russia's nuclear doctrine. The more openly the aim of inflicting a strategic defeat on an adversary is declared, the greater the chance that the conflict will move into its most severe phase. As we know, Western countries openly speak of the need to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia. • We see no attempts by Western countries to reach an agreement with us. In fact, there is no dialogue with them at all. Our warning [regarding Kaliningrad] is therefore a pre-emptive signal intended to bring NATO to its senses and prevent it from crossing the point of no return. • Our 2021 proposals [on security guarantees] remain on the table. It is Western countries that need to reconsider their approach, demonstrate a willingness to take each other's interests into account and engage with us on an equal footing.