Moscow considers this a "very harmful practice"MOSCOW, October 12.
/tass/. The exercises of Western leaders in nuclear rhetoric are a pernicious and provocative practice, Russia will not take part in this. This was stated to journalists on Wednesday by the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov.
"We express regret every day that Western heads of state - the United States, European - practice nuclear rhetoric every day. We consider this a very harmful practice, a provocative practice," the Kremlin spokesman said. According to him, "Russia does not want to take part in these exercises and does not accept them."
Thus, Peskov commented on the statement of US President Joe Biden, who in an interview with CNN expressed the opinion that the use of tactical nuclear weapons in Ukraine would lead to "horrific consequences" and he does not think that the Russian leader will go for it.
