"The Trump administration's charge that Russia has restarted "very low-yield nuclear tests" in an intelligence finding revealed on Wednesday has been met with fierce push back from Moscow, with Russian officials slamming the allegation as a "crude provocation".
This comes just as President Vladimir Putin has reportedly submitted a draft resolution to Russian parliament on Moscow’s pullout of the INF Treaty with the US following Washington's initial withdrawal last year. Russia's suspension of the INF will go into law immediately should the Duma approve the bill, and Putin will have the power to renew it as he sees fit.
Russian officials stressed they've continued to be in compliance with the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), which the US is now accusing Moscow of violating..."
at https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-05-30/russia-slams-us-nuclear-testing-accusation-crude-provocation
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