Russia reverts to rattling the nuclear sabre

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Mikhail Kovalchuk, head of the Kurchatov nuclear energy research centre, also reportedly urged President Vladimir Putin to fire off a weapon at Russia’s Arctic test site Novaya Zemlya, which has not been used since 1990. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov responded to Ms Simonyan’s intervention by telling reporters on Tuesday (Wednesday AEDT) that “at present [Russia] has not left the regime of abandoning nuclear tests” – a reference to the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. AP He said Ms Simonyan’s views were not always the same as the Kremlin’s. “I don’t think such discussions are possible now,...