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The drills on Wednesday took place hours after the upper house of the Russian parliament revoked the ratification of a global nuclear test ban in what Moscow has described as a move to establish parity with the United States.

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In a recent development, Russia is on the brink of withdrawing its support for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT). This decision has sparked…

The speaker of Russia's lower house of parliament, Vyacheslav Volodin, said on Tuesday that Washington had asked Moscow via the United Nations to not revoke its ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. President Vladimir Putin, who earlier this month suggested that Russia revoke ratification of the 1996 treaty because the United States had not ratified it, said he was not ready to say whether or not Russia would resume nuclear testing.

The lacklustre Ukraine counter-offensive despite heavy inflow of western armaments has shown that there is unlikely to be a quick fix to Russia-Ukraine

NATO will conduct a major exercise involving fighter jets capable of carrying nuclear warheads, though live bombs will not be involved in the drill, the alliance said on Oct. 12.

Europe News: Russia would only resume nuclear testing as and when the United States did the same, Russian news agencies quoted Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabk

Russia will revoke its ratification of an international nuclear testing ban, but it would only start tests if the U.S. did first, a senior Russian official told state media on Tuesday. Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said Russia will “mirror” the U.S. position on the treaty by rescinding its ratification, The Associated Press reported. The…

Scientists tasked with ensuring the safety, reliability and effectiveness of the US nuclear arsenal say they are close to completing a facility that will help them test that.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday alarmed the world when he suggested that the country could return to nuclear testing for the first time in more than three decades.