Special assistant to the US president and senior director for arms control, disarmament, nonproliferation Pranay Vaddi gave a written interview to Kommersant about the latest experiment in Nevada, US proposal to Russia to restart talks on nukes and other topics www.kommersant.ru/doc/6312856?...

The US have in direct contact with RU officials stated the readiness to start talks on reducing nuclear risks and a frame for arms control after 2026. They await a response. RU said that in terms of "form and content of a potential response" it will decide "with time" www.kommersant.ru/doc/6295122

Volodin: "At next meeting of the State Duma Council, we will definitely discuss the de- ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. This corresponds to national interests of Russia. And it will be a mirror response of the US, who haven't yet ratified the CTBT" 2/2

State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin about the withdrawal of ratification of the CTBT: "The situation in the world has changed. Washington and Brussels have unleashed a war against our country. Today's challenges require new solutions." 1/2

President Putin just said that Russia might consider de-ratifying the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) to "mirror" the actions of the US (I wrote that this scenario is on the table back in august www.kommersant.ru/doc/6138276)

US has not given visas to 2 members of the RU delegation in "nuclear P5" (incl. its head) that were supposed to present the programm of the RU chairmanship in this format in NY this week at the margings of UN GA 1 committee. Not clear now if meeting will happen at all www.kommersant.ru/doc/6253186

Would you be so kind to add me?

RU DFM S. Ryabkov told RIA that RU will present its vision and schedule for the P5 in the coming days in NY at the margins of the UN GA 1 committee session. RU wants to widen the P5 agenda and focus not only on risk reduction but also on the NPT review cycle and interaction with TPNW states he said

Love the writing style, it is almost romantic at times

DFM Ryabkov to TASS: "We witness practical actions that will inevitably lead to the appearance in Europe and in Asia-Pacific of US-made systems that were prohibited by INF treaty. Accordingly, the grounds for maintaining our moratorium disappear. But so far no practical decisions have been made"