War between the United States and Russia would result in a nuclear holocaust in which nobody would survive, Russian President Vladimir Putin told director Oliver Stone in an interview set to air on Showtime next week.

The Putin Interviews between the Russian leader and the Oscar-winning director, which will be screened on Showtime, were shot between summer 2015 and February this year and give an extraordinary insight into one of the most powerful men in the world.

Stone asked Putin whether the US would be 'dominant' in the event of a ‘hot war’ between the two nuclear powers.

'I don’t think anyone would survive such a conflict,’ Putin said.

Showtime has released a series of short teasers to generate interest in the series.

War between the United States and Russia would result in a nuclear holocaust in which nobody would survive, Russian President Vladimir Putin (above) told director Oliver Stone in an interview set to air on Showtime next week

The Putin Interviews between the Russian leader and the Oscar-winning director Stone (right), which will be screened on Showtime, were shot between summer 2015 and February this year and give an extraordinary insight into one of the most powerful men in the world

In one clip, Putin is seen showing Stone a live feed from a Russian military jet deployed in Syria.

'Pilot says he is going to make another attempt,' Putin tells Stone.

When Stone asked Putin if there’s 'any hope of change' in relations between Washington and Moscow, the president replied: ‘There is always hope. Until they are ready to bring us to the cemetery and bury us.’

In two separate teasers, Putin delves into Russia’s age-old suspicions of NATO.

In previews for Stone's Showtime interviews, Putin appears relaxed. During one clip, Putin is seen giving Stone a 'fist bump' as he is dressed in a Russia hockey uniform (above)

In this clip, Putin is seen showing Stone a live feed from a Russian military jet deployed in Syria. 'Pilot says he is going to make another attempt,' Putin tells Stone

The Russian leader says that countries who join NATO inevitably become 'vassals' of the Americans

The Russian leader says that countries who join NATO inevitably become 'vassals' of the Americans.

'Once a country becomes a NATO member, it is hard to resist the pressures of the US. And all of a sudden any weapons system can be placed in this country. An anti-ballistic missile system, new military bases and if need be, new offensive systems,' Putin said.

The president said that Russia’s actions are merely a response to what it sees as a more menacing threat from a NATO that is expanding toward its border.

'We have to aim our missile systems at facilities that are threatening us. The situation becomes more tense,' Putin said.

Stone also is seen in one clip asking Putin about what he says is credible information indicating that the Russian president survived at least five assassination attempts.

Stone also is seen in one clip asking Putin about what he says is credible information indicating that the Russian president survived at least five assassination attempts

Putin declined to explicitly confirm this, though he added: 'I do my job and the Security Officers do theirs, and they are still performing quite successfully.

‘I trust them,’ Putin said of his security forces.

‘Those who are destined to be hanged are not going to drown,’ Putin said, quoting a Russian proverb.

Stone and Putin touch on a number of other topics during the series, including Edward Snowden, the former NSA contractor who was granted asylum in Russia after revealing classified documents about domestic spying in the United States; Hillary Clinton; Fidel Castro; and Russia’s policy towards homosexuals.

Earlier on Wednesday, Stone criticized NBC News’ Megyn Kelly for ‘not knowing her stuff’ during her interview with Putin, which aired this past Sunday night.

Stone was unreserved in his criticism of Kelly, saying that while 'he knew his stuff', Kelly 'didn't'.

Likening the former Fox host to a 'machine gun' for her quick-fire questions, he said: 'I think she was attractive and she asked hardball questions, but she wasn't in position to debate or counter him, because she didn't know a lot of things.'

NBC News President Noah Oppenheim shot back to defend the star.

'No one here is interested in Oliver Stone's unsolicited thoughts on Megyn Kelly's appearance or his ill-informed opinion of her journalism,' he said.

'But so long as we're offering each other professional feedback, please let him know I don't think he's made a decent movie since the early '90s,' Oppenheim added.

Kelly's interview with Putin drew 6.1 million viewers on Sunday.

Earlier on Wednesday, Stone criticized NBC News’ Megyn Kelly (right) for ‘not knowing her stuff’ during her interview with Putin, which aired this past Sunday night

The journalist asked him mercilessly about interfering with the US election and if he'd ever had business dealings with Donald Trump.

Putin, digesting her questions via a translator, was frosty and mocking.

In previews for Stone's Showtime interviews, he appears more relaxed.

During one clip, Putin is seen giving Stone a 'fist bump' as he is dressed in a Russia hockey uniform.

Stone, a controversial figure who has interviewed Fidel Castro and Hugo Chavez and produced a documentary backing Putin's version of events in the Ukraine, conducts a Putin interview far less confrontational than Kelly's, at least on the basis of two episodes provided for screening by Showtime.

One critic, Marlow Stern in The Daily Beast, called it a 'wildly irresponsible love letter' to Putin.