Ryabkov: We may use nuclear weapons if our existence is threatened

Baghdad-INA 

Deputy Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said that Russia can use nuclear weapons if its existence is threatened, and this is found in the Russian military doctrine.

“Let me remind you that the Russian military doctrine, as well as a document such as the “Basics of State Policy in the Field of Nuclear Deterrence”, comprehensively defined all the scenarios in which we can theoretically use nuclear weapons. Such scenarios of aggression against Russia and its allies using weapons of mass destruction.”. Ryabkov said.

He added that Russia and other countries have expressed concern about the proliferation of nuclear weapons, as well as their concerns about the transfer of nuclear weapons by the United States outside Europe, which has been happening for decades.

"We call on the United States and its NATO allies to take a different approach and be guided by responsibility in this area, as Russia does," he added.