Russia warns the West it feels obliged to boost its nuclear deterrent - RIA cites official

Russia is warning the West and the United States that it feels obliged to boost its nuclear deterrent due to what it regards as the West's escalalatory trajectory, Sergei Ryabkov, the deputy foreign minister, was cited by the RIA news agency a saying.

Ryabkov was quoted on Thursday as also saying that Russia was not changing its own nuclear doctrine but that the global situation was changing.

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