Putin to Kremlin journalists: US is watching you

Putin was speaking in India after the summits of BRICS nations: Brazil, Russia, China and South Africa.

According to several news outlets citing current and former USA government officials say the Central Intelligence Agency has been asked to deliver options to the White House for a wide-ranging “clandestine” cyber operation.

Modi’s hard line against Pakistan marks a departure from India’s tradition of strategic restraint, and New Delhi has won expressions of support from both the West and Russian Federation over the army base attack.

“But he also is somebody who has his own deeply ingrained sense of what’s necessary to protect the American people and to protect the United States of America”, he said.

On Russia-Pakistan joint military exercises in September this year, Chemezov said they were directly related with modernising counter-terror operations in Pakistan.

For India, the summit presented an opportunity to convince the leaders of four nations to support its entry into the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG).

They also signed an initial agreement on India’s purchase of Russia’s state of the art defense system, capable of shooting down multiple incoming missiles, although there were no details on a timeframe for delivery.

India and Russia last week signed a $5 billion deal to acquire five new generation Russian S-400 Triumf air defence missile systems along with other defense equipment.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Sunday his country has no intention of trying to influence the US presidential election and hopes once the election is over, relations between the two countries will normalize. “I’ve already said he is very much of a leader”.

India and Russian Federation on Saturday signed 16 agreements and three announcements in a number of fields including infrastructure, defence, ship building, science and technology and railways. The United States has since taken over as India’s top arms supplier.

According to unnamed sources, the Obama administration is believed to be now considering options on whether to retaliate against Russian Federation via cyber action or take a more traditional approach and impose sanctions.

The Chinese president noted that all of the BIMSTEC countries are China’s good friends, good neighbors and good partners, and have maintained long-lasting friendship and close cooperation with China. Yet China, a longstanding ally of Pakistan that plans to build a $46 billion export corridor, has shown public restraint.

PM Modi and President Xi also discussed India’s attempt to enter the NSG.

BRICS was formed in 2011 with the aim of using its growing economic and political influence to challenge Western hegemony.