President Putin cited two cases in which Russia could use nuclear weapons 0
(Dan Tri) – Russian President Vladimir Putin declared that a nuclear attack on Russia is completely unacceptable.
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at the 20th Annual Conference of the Valdai Discussion Club in Sochi, Russia on October 5 (Photo: Reuters).
At the plenary session of the Annual Conference of the Valdai International Discussion Club on October 5, President Putin announced that Russia’s military doctrine states two reasons leading to the possibility of using nuclear weapons,
Mr. Putin said there is no need to lower the doctrinal threshold for using nuclear weapons.
The Russian President also affirmed that there is currently nothing that threatens the existence of the Russian Federation.
According to President Putin, there is no need to change the national nuclear doctrine because Russia’s retaliatory attack after the enemy’s nuclear attack will leave the enemy with no chance of survival.
`Do we need to change this? And why? Everything can change but I don’t see the need to do so,` Mr. Putin said about Russia’s nuclear doctrine.
`No one with a clear mind and clear memory would think of using nuclear weapons against Russia,` Mr. Putin declared.
President Putin mentioned the possibility that Russia could resume nuclear testing for the first time in more than three decades and could withdraw ratification of the landmark nuclear test ban treaty.
`I have heard calls to start testing nuclear weapons and return to testing,` Putin added, referring to proposals from scientists and political commentators along the
Mr. Putin noted that the United States has signed the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty but has not ratified it, while Russia has signed and ratified it.
`I’m not ready to say whether we really need to conduct tests or not, but theoretically we can behave like the US. But this is a question for the State Duma deputies
Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev repeatedly mentioned Russia’s nuclear doctrine, stating cases in which Moscow could use nuclear weapons.
According to Mr. Medvedev, the first case was that Russia was attacked with nuclear missiles.
Regarding the issue of nuclear weapons, in an interview with International Affairs magazine on August 18, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said: It is important to understand that: `Russia’s policy in the field of deterrence
