NATO: Russia’s nuclear rhetoric is dangerous

The Alliance has not lost its vigilance and is closely monitoring the situation, but has yet to see threatening changes in Russia’s nuclear policy.

The North Atlantic Alliance on Sunday criticized Russia for its dangerous and irresponsible nuclear rhetoric, a day after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced his intention to deploy tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus, Reuters reported.

The representative of the Alliance noted that NATO is not losing its vigilance and is closely monitoring the situation. He called Russia’s nuclear rhetoric “dangerous and irresponsible”. However, so far the Alliance has not seen threatening changes in Russia’s nuclear policy.

“We have not noticed any changes in Russia’s nuclear policy that would force us to adjust ourselves,” the NATO spokesman said.

He also called Russia’s appeal to NATO’s nuclear weapons distribution program, which Russian President Vladimir Putin cited as an argument in favor of deploying Russian nuclear weapons in Belarus, completely false. .

“NATO Allies are acting in full respect of their international obligations. Russia continues to violate its arms control obligations through the recent suspension of its participation in the New START Treaty (on the reduction and limitation of strategic offensives weapons),” the NATO official said.

Remember, on March 25, Putin said that Moscow agreed with Minsk on the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons on the territory of Belarus. He argues that this “will not violate the obligations under START.”

According to ISW, the actions of the President of the Russian Federation are part of an information campaign designed to increase Western fears about nuclear escalation.

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