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| | On October 30, 2025 [[US President Donald Trump]] announced upcoming [[nuclear test]]s saying that other countries—including Russia and China—are already engaged in them, which they were not.<ref>https://www.un.org/en/observances/end-nuclear-tests-day/history</ref> | | On October 30, 2025 [[US President Donald Trump]] announced upcoming [[nuclear test]]s saying that other countries—including Russia and China—are already engaged in them, which they were not.<ref>https://www.un.org/en/observances/end-nuclear-tests-day/history</ref> |
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| − | On November 5, 2025 [[Russian President Vladimir Putin]] stated in a Russian Security Council meeting that if the [[United States]] or other parties to the 1996 Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) conduct nuclear tests, Russia will take “adequate actions.”<ref>http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/78403</ref> | + | On November 5, 2025 [[Russian President Vladimir Putin]] stated in a Russian Security Council meeting that if the [[United States]] or other parties to the 1996 Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) conduct nuclear tests, Russia will take “adequate actions.”<ref>http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/78403</ref> Putin instructed the Foreign Ministry, Defense Ministry, and special services to prepare proposals on the feasibility of beginning work to prepare for nuclear tests. At the same time, he stressed that Russia has always strictly adhered—and continues to adhere—to its obligations under the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty and has no plans to deviate from those obligations. Defense Minister [[Andrei Belousov]] proposed starting preparations for full-scale nuclear tests in response to [[U.S.]] actions. “The readiness of the forces and facilities of the central test site on the [[Novaya Zemlya]] archipelago allows it to be carried out in a short time,” he said. |
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| − | Putin instructed the Foreign Ministry, Defense Ministry, and special services to prepare proposals on the feasibility of beginning work to prepare for nuclear tests. | |
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| − | At the same time, he stressed that Russia has always strictly adhered—and continues to adhere—to its obligations under the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty and has no plans to deviate from those obligations. | |
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| − | Defense Minister [[Andrei Belousov]] proposed starting preparations for full-scale nuclear tests in response to [[U.S.]] actions. “The readiness of the forces and facilities of the central test site on the [[Novaya Zemlya]] archipelago allows it to be carried out in a short time,” he said. | |
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| | The head of the [[Russian Foreign Intelligence Service]], [[Sergey Naryshkin]], reported at the meeting that the United States has not yet specified exactly what Donald Trump meant when he spoke about nuclear tests, although Russian [[diplomat]]s had sent a corresponding request to explain. | | The head of the [[Russian Foreign Intelligence Service]], [[Sergey Naryshkin]], reported at the meeting that the United States has not yet specified exactly what Donald Trump meant when he spoke about nuclear tests, although Russian [[diplomat]]s had sent a corresponding request to explain. |