Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that a full-scale conflict with NATO cannot be ruled out at a press conference in Moscow to mark his victory in presidential elections accompanied by allegations of manipulation. In case of a full-scale conflict with NATO, the world would be just one step away from a third world war, Putin was quoted as saying by the state agency TASS on Sunday evening. “I think it is unlikely that anyone is interested in this.” According to Putin, numerous soldiers from NATO member states are already deployed in Ukraine. “We already know that,” he said adding that Fre…