Putin Warns Russia May Commence Nuclear Tests After Trump Threat

President Vladimir Putin said Russia has no plans to violate existing agreements on nuclear testing, but signaled that he’s ready to order them if Donald Trump moves forward with threatened US atomic weapons trials.

“Russia has always strictly adhered to its obligations under the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, and we have no plans to deviate from these commitments,” Putin said Wednesday at a televised meeting of his Security Council. Moscow would “take appropriate retaliatory measures” if the US or another power conducted such a test, he said.