Paccording to the deputy chairman of the Security Council, the West could not completely destroy Russia in 1991, so they continue their attempts. Medvedev pointed out that the collapse of a nuclear power would be a “chess game with death” for such states Dmitry Medvedev Western countries should not “play chess with death” and continue trying to collapse Russia, which remained an empire even after the fall of the USSR in 1991. Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council, wrote about this in his Telegram, recalling the country’s nuclear potential. In his message, Medvedev talks about the “instant collapse of state institutions” during the reign of Mikhail Gorbachev, which, according to him, caused the collapse of the state (on the day of publication of the post, a farewell ceremony with Gorbachev is taking place in Moscow, Medvedev attended it). “I remember well the time when in 1991 the acts of the central authorities practically ceased to be executed locally. I emphasize that the USSR still existed, in which all the elements of the federal government operated, although some of them were already shamefully renamed,” Medvedev pointed out. At the same time, in his opinion, the “empire” in Russia, even despite the death of the USSR, continued to exist, so today the country is being pushed to disintegration by all means, including through the conflict in Ukraine. “These are the dirty dreams of Anglo-Saxon perverts who fall asleep with the secret thought of the collapse of our state. Thinking about how to chop us into pieces, tear us into small pieces,” the deputy chairman of the Security Council stressed. Medvedev believes that the collapse of a nuclear power has become a “chess game with death” for such states. He also pointed out that Russia’s nuclear potential today is the best guarantee of the country’s preservation.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has repeatedly opposed the fact that countries possessing nuclear weapons allow the possibility of war with their use. He called on world leaders to permanently abandon the possibility of using nuclear weapons.
A few days after the start of Russia’s military operation in Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin ordered the deterrence forces, which include strategic nuclear forces, to be put on special alert. At the same time, the President stressed that there can be no winners in a nuclear war, so it should never be unleashed.
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The United States has repeatedly called for reducing the rhetoric about the likelihood of a nuclear war. US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said that the country can use nuclear weapons “only under extraordinary circumstances, to protect the vital interests of the United States, allies and partners.”
Permanent members of the UN Security Council, including Russia, the United States, France, Great Britain and China, as well as India, Israel, the DPRK and Pakistan, possess nuclear weapons.
The mechanism for stopping nuclear weapons tests is enshrined in the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT). On September 10, 1996, 185 countries signed it, but only 170 ratified it. The United States, China and Israel were among those who refused to sign.
In addition, the turnover of nuclear weapons is regulated by the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) of March 5, 1970. According to it, States without nuclear weapons cannot produce and acquire them. Countries with nuclear potential have pledged not to help or encourage other States to produce or acquire it.
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Dmitry Medvedev
politician, ex-president, deputy head of the Security Council of Russia
September 14, 1965
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