RT
Western nations should read Moscow’s new nuclear doctrine carefully, Sergey Shoigu has said
The secretary of the Russian National Security Council has advised Western countries to study Russia’s new nuclear doctrine with care, highlighting that it provides for the use of Moscow’s arsenal to defend its Eurasian allies.
Last week, President Vladimir Putin approved a new version of the document that dictates the circumstances in which Russia can deploy nuclear arms. It lowers the previous threshold, adding more scenarios that would permit the use of these weapons.
Sergey Shoigu told the media on Thursday that Russia’s ‘nuclear umbrella’ already extended to its key allies prior to the recent update. These include members of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) – a regional defensive group of which Russia is a member.
The revised doctrine “has an explicit clause, which I believe to be pretty important, regarding Belarus,”…
