Kremlin: Russia has not abandoned moratorium on nuclear testing
The Kremlin has clarified that Russia has not abandoned its moratorium on nuclear testing. It also dismissed a suggestion made by one commentator that Russia should detonate a thermonuclear bomb.
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- Published Date: 04:05 | 03 October 2023
- Modified Date: 04:05 | 03 October 2023
The Kremlin said on Tuesday that Russia had not abandoned a moratorium on nuclear testing, and dismissed a suggestion by one commentator that it should detonate a thermonuclear bomb.
Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said he did not know where New York Times reporters had got the idea that Russia may be preparing to test an experimental nuclear-powered cruise missile, or may have recently tested one.
Margarita Simonyan, hawkish editor-in-chief of the state-owned broadcaster RT, suggested in an interview extract posted online by the foreign-based digital broadcast network RTVI that Russia should detonate a nuclear bomb at high altitude over Siberia as a warning to the West.
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