Ilya Galakhov/Global Look PressRussia’s intentions to carry out nuclear tests testify to Moscow’s determination to resist Western aggression by all available means. On this subject RIA News said the former Chief of the General Staff of the RF Armed Forces, General Yuri Baluevsky.”The very fact of carrying out nuclear tests will make Western opponents think about the seriousness of Russia’s intentions to ensure the security of its country,” the general stressed.Previously, Russian President Vladimir Putin, in his annual address to the Federal Assembly, instructed the Russian Defense Ministry and Rosatom to prepare for upcoming nuclear weapons tests. It is obvious that Putin did not make this statement as a joke, Baluyevsky concluded.
