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Putin Signals Possible Resumption of Nuclear Tests Amid US Concerns
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Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that Russia would examine the possibility of conducting new nuclear tests in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's declaration of launching nuclear testing programs.
Well, we have more nuclear weapons than any other country. Russia's second. China's a very distant third, but they'll be even in five years. You know, they're makin' 'em rapidly, and I think we should do something about denuclearization, which is gonna be some—and I did actually discuss that with both President Putin and President Xi.
We are still bound by our obligations on the overall ban of nuclear tests.
We are just investigating whether it is necessary to start preparations.
I am instructing the foreign ministry, the defence ministry, the special services and relevant civilian agencies to do everything possible to collect additional information on the issue, analyse it at the [Russian] security council and make agreed proposals on the possible start of work on the preparation of nuclear weapons tests.
Russia has always strictly adhered and continues to adhere to its obligations under the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT), and we have no plans to deviate from these commitments.
I ask the defence ministry, the foreign ministry, and other relevant agencies to analyse Washington's statements and prepare proposals for resuming nuclear weapons tests.
The American side may continue to avoid giving official explanations, but this changes nothing, because if we do not take appropriate measures now, time and opportunities for timely response to US actions will be lost.
sources
- 1.CNN
- 2.France 24
- 3.The Times
- 4.South China Morning Post
- 5.The Straits Times
- 6.Los Angeles Times
- 7.The Korea Herald
- 8.The Times of India
- 9.Agence France-Presse
- 10.CBS News
- 11.TASS
perspectives
- 1.US Foreign Policy
- 2.Russian Foreign Policy
- 3.US-Russia Relations
- 4.Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
- 5.Ukrainian Politics
- 6.Russia-Cuba relations
countries
- 1.Russian Federation
- 2.United States
- 3.Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
- 4.China
- 5.Ukraine
- 6.Korea, Republic of
- 7.United Kingdom
- 8.Marshall Islands
organizations
- 1.UN Security Council
- 2.Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization
- 3.Kremlin
- 4.Nuclear Threat Initiative
- 5.Pentagon
- 6.US Senate
- 7.White House
- 8.YouTube
persons
- 1.Vladimir Putin
- 2.Andrei Belousov
- 3.Donald Trump
- 4.Chris Wright
- 5.Valery Gerasimov
- 6.Dmitry Peskov
- 7.Bill Clinton