Russia Threatens to Change Its Nuclear Doctrine Over U.S. ‘Escalation’

Moscow is threatening to make changes to its nuclear doctrine in response to what the Kremlin views as “escalatory actions” by the U.S. and NATO.

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov dropped the warning on Tuesday in comments to reporters, saying that mounting “challenges” created by the U.S. and its allies “without a doubt, put before us in all its magnitude the question of how the basic documents in the field of nuclear deterrence can be brought more into line with current needs.”

He said Russian authorities would not give advance notice of what exact changes would be made to the doctrine, which lays out the conditions under which the Russian president would consider using a nuclear weapon.

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