Russia is withdrawing ratification of the treaty banning nuclear tests - according to Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov, there is no other way out, since the agreement does not apply to the United States.
Resumption of testing by Russia is possible, but only if the United States takes such a step. According to the Russian Foreign Ministry, at the Nevada test site, there are signs that preparations for testing “are underway or were underway until recently.”
At the same time, Russia intends to continue to receive and send data from monitoring stations. Russia and the United States account for about 90% of the world's nuclear weapons
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