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N ato has criticised Vladimir Putin for his “dangerous and irresponsible” nuclear rhetoric a day after he announced plans to station nuclear weapons in Belarus. The Russian president said Moscow will station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, the first time it has stationed the weapons outside its country since the mid-1990s. He claimed it was similar to the US stationing weapons in Europe. But Nato, the military alliance of Western countries, said: “Russia’s reference to Nato’s nuclear sharing is totally misleading. “Nato allies act with full respect of their international commitments. Russia has consistently broken its arms control commitments.” The...
