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The Russian president delivered the ominous threat as tensions between the West and Russia hit all-time highs over Russian airstrikes in Syria. In the clip, which was filmed at a Russian press conference, Mr Putin claimed the US is focusing on Russia and Iran "to distract voters from the country's problems" by creating "an enemy and uniting the nation against them".

GETTY Putin has warned the US that

It's not funny anymore. If somebody out there wants confrontation... This is not our choice but this means that there will be problems Putin

He said: "Jeopardising Russian-American relations in order to gain brownie points internally – I consider this to be harmful and counter productive. "It's not funny anymore. If somebody out there wants confrontation... This is not our choice but this means that there will be problems." The worrying video has already racked up 1.3 million views as fears escalate over a third world war.

GETTY Mr Putin slammed Hillary Clinton's "very aggressive" stance towards Russia

Mr Putin weighed in on the US presidential race and criticised Hillary Clinton's "very aggressive" stance towards Russia. He said: "Mrs. Clinton has chosen to take up a very aggressive stance against our country, against Russia. "Mr. Trump, on the other hand, calls for cooperation – at least when it comes to the international fight against terrorists. He added: "Naturally we welcome those who would like to cooperate with us. And we consider it wrong, that we always have to be in conflict with one another, creating existential threats for each other and for the whole world. "Would Mrs. Clinton delivers on he threats and harsh rhetorics against Russia if she became President? Or will she correct her position against us?"

GETTY Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump clashed over Russia during the final presidential debate

The Russian leader's criticism of Mrs Clinton comes after the Democrat accused Russia of espionage over the hacking of Democrat emails. In the third and final US presidential debate, Mrs Clinton said: "Russian government has engaged in espionage against Americans. They have hacked American websites, American accounts of private people, of institutions. Then they have given that information to WikiLeaks for the purpose of putting it on the Internet. "This has come from the highest levels of the Russian government, clearly, from Putin himself, in an effort, as 17 of our intelligence agencies have confirmed, to influence our election."

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