Putin ally warns West of ‘doomsday’ if Russia is pushed towards collapse

Dmitry Medvedev is the deputy head of Russia’s Security Council (Ekaterina Shtukina/Sputnik/Kremlin Pool/AP)

A top Russian official has accused the US and its allies of trying to provoke the country’s break-up and warned that such attempts could lead to doomsday.

Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy secretary of Russia’s Security Council chaired by President Vladimir Putin, warned the West that an attempt to push Russia towards collapse would amount to a “chess game with death”.